37/47 I asked him how loud he could shout. He said, 'So loud that the roof would go off the house, and you would all fall into a dead faint'. He answered: 'Do you think I am come to amuse you, you -- - idiot ?' I asked him to show us a little specimen. He said he would do so, and gave three shouts, the last of which was so fearful that I have never heard anything worse, and doubt whether I ever shall. |