9/19 We have nothin' but imitations now. Fallin' off the the edge, that's capital. I must tell Peel that; for he is very fond of that sort of thing.' "He was a very pretty spoken man, was Mr.Tact; he is quite the gentleman, that's a fact. I love to hear him talk; he is so very perlite, and seems to take a likin' to me parsonally." Few men are so open to flattery as Mr.Slick; and although "soft sawder" is one of the artifices he constantly uses in his intercourse with others, he is often thrown off of his guard by it himself. How much easier it is to discover the weaknesses of others than to see our own! But to resume the story. |