Generous Stranger. "Will you have another pint? (No answer.) I say—will you have another pint?"
Hodge. "Don't 'ee ask zilly questions. Order it."
THE MYSTERY.
George and I are two ordinary people. He studies the Weather Reports every day; I do occasionally. He thinks he understands meteorology; I don't. But lately I felt that I must have some explanation of the weather, so I asked George to explain it.
He said, "Certainly; it's quite simple. Take wind. Wind is caused by differences of pressure."
"What is pressure? Who is pressing what?"
"Pressure is what the barometer tells you—not the thermometer; you must keep the thermometer out of this. Suppose it is very hot in London—"