And you have really sold out, then; you have retired from business ?" "I have made over my hand to a friend; when I feel disposed, I can take up the cards again.

I dare say that a twelvemonth hence the operation will be reversed.

The pendulum will swing back again.

I shall be sitting in a gondola or on a dromedary, and all of a sudden I shall want to clear out.

But for the present I am perfectly free.