'I see my feet in beastly sandals as plain as plain.' 'All that goot food wasted,' said old Mr Levinstein.

A bad tream--a bad tream.' The Members of the Stock Exchange are said to be at all times a noisy lot.

But the noise they made now to express their disgust at the costumes of ancient Babylon was far louder than their ordinary row.

One had to shout before one could hear oneself speak.
'I only wish,' said the clerk who thought it was conjuring--he was quite close to the children and they trembled, because they knew that whatever he wished would come true.

'I only wish we knew who'd done it.' And, of course, instantly they did know, and they pressed round the Queen.
'Scandalous! Shameful! Ought to be put down by law.