"Worse."
"More poultice."
Two days later the woman made another call.
"Better?"
"Well. Fee?"
"Nothing. Most sensible woman I ever saw."
BRIBERY
A judge, disgusted with a jury that seemed unable to reach an agreement in a perfectly evident case, rose and said, "I discharge this jury."
One sensitive talesman, indignant at what he considered a rebuke, obstinately faced the judge.