The Professor (innocently). "MY DEAR GIRL, SHE'S SIMPLY THE MOST CHARMING WOMAN I EVER MET! I NEVER TALKED SO MUCH IN MY LIFE!"
IN A MAZE.
"Mr. BALFOUR brought up a new sub-section, which he admitted was so obscure that he only 'more or less' understood it himself, and which, indeed, is of 'plusquam-Thucydidean' dimness and involution.... There is no excuse, we must say, for the muddle into which the Government has got over the Bill.... The House of Commons has adjourned for a short holiday, but the Irish Land Purchase Bill is not yet through Committee.... There still remained all the new clauses, for which no time had been found."—Times.
Little Bill loquitur:—
Oh do, if you please, Mr. BALFOUR, Sir, if you can,—and who can if you can't, Sir?—
Get me out of this Maze, where for days and days I have strayed till I'm all of a pant, Sir.
Twelve months ago we started, you know, and I've been on my feet ever since, Sir.
And oh, if you please, I feel weak at the knees, and the pains in my back make me wince, Sir.
Mister HOOD's "Lost Child" wasn't half as had, for he only strayed in the gutter,