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What ?" "And yet, sir, as the queen of the crocodiles remarked, 'Words mend none of the eggs that are broken.'" "I know nothing about the queen of the crocodiles.

But if you don't believe in words, Julius, it is quite allowable at Christmas time to put your good words into any substantial form you like.

Nobody will doubt a good wish that is father to a handsome gift; so, if you don't believe in good words, you have a very reliable substitute in good deeds.

I saw how you looked when I said 'A merry Christmas' to old Simon Gills, and you had to say the words after me.

Very well; send old Simon a new plaid or a pound of tobacco, and he'll believe in your wish, and you'll believe in yourself.