“What’s the object of the ball and socket?”
“Ah, who can tell that, sur?”
“Hadn’t the professor some pet fiction about it?”
“He did say, sur——”
“I was sure of it.”
“——That it was on account of the uneven cooling of the lava. Now, look at this, sur. This is—be careful, sur. Ye were nearly aff that toime again. This is the Goiant’s Wishin’ Chair. If ye sit down here, ye can have three wishes, sur.”
“I won’t sit down.”
“Have ye nothing to wish, sur?”
“No. All I wanted was to meet the biggest liar in the world, but I don’t need to wish for that now.”
“Then ye’ve met him, sur. Well, Oi suppose ye like company, sur?”