Troico. What ill-luck?

Leno. What day is it to-day?

Troico. Thursday.

Leno. Thursday? How soon will Friday come, then?

Troico. Friday will come to-morrow.

Leno. Well, tha something;—but tell me, are there not other days of ill-luck as well as Fridays?

Troico. Why do you ask?

Leno. Because there may be unlucky pancakes, if there are unlucky Thursdays.

Troico. I suppose so.

Leno. Now, stop there;—suppose one of yours had been eaten of a Thursday, on whom would the ill-luck have fallen—on the pancake, or on you?