I'm forgetting, on my life!
Thou art all—excepting this, love,—
Your devoted servant's wife!
CHARLES THE FIRST.
Sir,—Did Charles the First walk and talk half an hour after his head was cut off, or not?
Yours,
A Verifier of Facts.
Sir,—Charles the First walked and talked one quarter of an hour, not half, as is erroneously supposed, after his decollation. We know this by two Dutch pictures which I had in my possession until only the other day, when I couldn't find them anywhere.
Yours,