"Mr. Churchill. The statement just made I make after having had an opportunity of communicating with Sir Arthur Paget. It is admitted that a misunderstanding on the point arose.
Mr. Bonar Law. Rubbish.
Mr. Churchill. Do I understand the right hon. gentleman to say 'rubbish'?
Mr. Bonar Law. Yes."
The parallel that pleases Sark will be found in report of a conversation between Mrs. Gamp and Mrs. Betsey Prig at what should have been a friendly tea-table in the home of the former. This was the historic occasion when Mrs. Prig declared her rooted belief in the non-existence of Mrs. Gamp's friend Mrs. Harris. For purpose of comparison it may be convenient to put what followed in the same form as official Parliamentary report:—
Mrs. Gamp. What! you bago creetur, have I know'd Mrs. Harris five-and-thirty year, to be told at last that there ain't no sech a person livin'! Go along with you!
Mrs. Prig. I'm agoin', Ma'am, aint I?
Mrs. Gamp. You had better, Ma'am!
Mrs. Prig. Do you know who you're talking to, Ma'am?
Mrs. Gamp. Aperiently to Betsey Prig.