“Sir,” said I, “pray what do you think of Edinburgh?”
“I think, sir,” replied the Doctor, “that its name is most appropriate.”
“Sir,” I continued, in a fever of anticipation, “I shall be very much obliged to you if you will explain your meaning in greater detail.”
“THE BILLS OF MORTALITY”
Kirk Elder (after a look at his morning paper). “Poor McStagger deid! Et’s vera sad to thenk o’ the great number o’ destengweshed men that’s lately been ta’en! ’Deed—I no feel vera weel—mysel!”
A MERE DETAIL