Hotel-keeper (who has let his "Assembly Room" for a concert). "Well, sir, I 'ope you found the arrangements in the 'all satisfactory last night?"
Mr. Bawlington. "Oh, yes; everything was all right. There was only one thing to object to. I found the acoustics of the building not quite——"
Hotel-keeper. "No, sir; excuse me. What you smelt was the stables next door!"
Giles. "I be got up here, mister, but I don't zee 'ow ever I be goin' to get down."
Farmer. "Thee zhut thee eyes an' walk about a bit, an' thee'll zoon get down!"
An Old Offender.—Country Gentleman (eyeing his Gardener suspiciously). "Dear, dear me, Jeffries, this is too bad! After what I said to you yesterday, I didn't think to find you——"