Walk up to the trough, fodder or no fodder, as the man said to his donkey." There was a general giggle at this, and many of the young swains took occasion to nudge the girls alongside them, ostensibly for the purpose of making them see the joke, but really for the pure pleasure of nudging.

The Greeks figured Cupid as naked, probably because he wears so many disguises that they could not select a costume for him.
The Squire came to the front.

Ralph made an inventory of the agglomeration which bore the name of Squire Hawkins, as follows: 1.

A swallow-tail coat of indefinite age, worn only on state occasions^ when its owner was called to figure in his public capacity.

Either the Squire had grown too large or the coat too small.
2.