Second L. C. He never made me think, that's all I know.
Third L. C. Nor yet me. Now, 'Erbert Spencer, he does make you think, if you like!
First L. C. Now you're getting on to something else. The grand fault I find with Swinburne, is——
Second L. C. Hold hard a bit. Have you read him?
Third L. C. Yes, let's 'ave that first. 'Ave you read 'im?
First L. C. (with dignity). I've read as much of him as I care to.
Second L. C. (aggressively). What have you read of his? Name it.
First L. C. I've read his Atlantis in Caledonia, for one thing.
Second L. C. (disappointed). Well, you don't deny there's poetry in that, do you?
First L. C. I don't call it poetry in the sense I call Walt Whitman poetry—certainly not.