“So, sir, you tried to hang yourself, did you?”
“In course I did, or I should not have put my head in the noose.”
“You had no business to do so.”
“I did it for my pleasure, not for business.”
“I’ll let you see, sir, you shan’t do it either for fun or earnest.”
“Are you a Tory, Sir Peter?”
“A Tory, sir! No, sir; I’m a magistrate.”
“Ah, that’s why you interfere; you must be a low Rad, or you wouldn’t prevent a man from
DOING WHAT HE LIKES WITH HIS HONE.”