Baroness: “Your daughter will find a kind mistress in me. I trust she is accustomed to work and to early rising?”
Peasant: “That she is, ma’am. She can serve you as an example.”
COQUETRY AVENGED.
Coquetry Avenged.—Lady: “Ah, Herr Lieutenant, I have rejected many addresses!”
Lieutenant: “Is that so? Well, you have had time to do so!”
Judge: “Prisoner, do you confess your guilt?”
Prisoner: “No. The words of my counsel have convinced me of my innocence.”
Lady: “And so you are a friend of my son Edward? I shall be delighted to hear what news you can tell me about him. Is he enjoying his studies at the university, and has he grown accustomed to the intricacies of town-life? Has he learned to find his way about?”
Student: “Oh yes, he is all right so far as that is concerned. Only he has some difficulty in finding his way home from the tavern.”