And the kindly Bloke said, "Stop!
Or you'll make him even madder;
He is wiser now and sadder,"
Ernest simply answered, "Ay, Sir,
You have made me sad; but why, Sir?"
ÆQUAM MEMENTO.
"I wonder," said Mary for the third time, "if we shall catch the tram at the other end."
"Calmness," I told her—this for the second time—"is the essence of comfortable travel. Meeting trouble half-way—"
"It isn't half-way," she said indignantly. "We're nearly there."