Are you a Thug ?" "Oh, Austin!" breathed Aunt Charlotte, faintly.
"I always do make such mistakes," continued Austin, with his most engaging air; "I'm so sorry, please forgive me if I'm stupid.

I forgot, of course Thugs don't burn people alive, they only strangle them.

Perhaps I'm thinking of the Bosjesmans, or the Andaman Islanders, or the aborigines of New Guinea.

I do get so mixed up! But I've often thought how lovely it would be to meet a cannibal.

You aren't a cannibal, are you ?" he added wistfully.
"I'm a priest of the Church of England," replied the curate's friend, with crushing scorn, though his face was livid.