B., spell, for a distress signal, 'Can you lend (or give) me a
newspaper?'
"_Yarrell-Smith_ reads Penny Dreadfuls. He owns four, and was
kind enough, the other day, to lend me one: but it's a trifle
too artless even for my artless mind.
"Young _Williams_--a promising puppy sent up to me to be
walked--reads nothing at all. He brought two packs of Patience
cards and a Todhunter's _Euclid_; the one to rest, the other to
stimulate, his mind; and I've commandeered the _Euclid_.
A great writer, Sally! He's not juicy, and he don't palpitate,
but he's an angel for style. 'Therefore the triangle DBC is
equal to the triangle ABC--pause and count three--'the less to
the greater'--pause--'which is absurd.' Neat and demure: and
you're constantly coming on little things like that.
'Two straight lines cannot enclose a space'--so broad and
convincing, when once pointed out!--and why is it not in
_The Soldiers' Pocket-Book_ under 'Staff Axioms'?
"When you make up the next parcel, stick in a few of the unlikeliest
books.
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