Second (to stout entrant in a Novice Competition). "Now, don't forget—as soon as the bell goes rush at 'im an' keep flittin' in an' out like bits o' forked lightnin'."
EVE VICTORIOUS.
"Aren't girls funny, Uncle Alan?" said Christopher.
"Christopher," I answered, "girls are the very dickens. You can't trust 'em. Never have anything to do with girls, my boy."
"I'm not going to," said Christopher.
This is what we said to each other afterwards. If either of us had thought of it before—— But that's the usual way, of course.