CHAPTER II.
The Significance of a Supper-Table.
The Aycons of Aycon Knoll have always been a hard-headed, levelheaded race.

We have had no enthusiasms, few ambitions, no illusions, and not many scandals.

We keep our heads on our shoulders and our purses in our pockets.

We do not rise very high, but we have never sunk.

We abide at the Knoll from generation to generation, deeming our continued existence in itself a service to the state and an honor to the house.