“Oh! ah! did hear of a fellow,” responded Julius, with equal insouciance, “but the idea of any other man carrying off the prize, perfectly ridiculous!”
“Oh! absolutely ludicrous, ’pon my soul! Ha! ha! ha!”
“It is astonishing the confounded vanity of some people!”
“And their preposterous obtuseness! why, a man with half an eye might see the folly of such presumption.”
“To be sure, stupid dolt!”
“Impudent puppy!”
“Conceited fool!”
“The fellow must be out of his senses!”
“Yes, a horsewhipping perhaps might bring him to!”
“Ay, or a good kicking might be salutary!”