Every one laughed at his attack on me, and having satisfied my desire to observe Miss Westonhaugh, which had prompted my first remark about griffins, I thought it was time to turn the conversation to the projected hunt.
"My dear fellow," I said, "I think that in spite of your Parthian shaft, your definition of a cynic is as complimentary to the school at large as to me in particular.

Meanwhile, however," I added, turning to Mr.
Ghyrkins, "I am inclined to believe with Lord Steepleton that the subject uppermost in the thoughts of most of us is the crusade against the tigers.

What do you say?
Shall we not all go as we are, a neat party of six ?" "Well, well, Mr.Griggs, we shall see, you know.

Now, if we are going at all, when do you mean to start ?" "The sooner the better of course," broke in Kildare, and he launched into a host of reasons for going immediately, including the wildest statistics about the habits of tigers in winter.

This was quite natural, however, as he was a thorough Irishman and had never seen a tiger in his life.