I never heard of anything so perfectly splendid before.

It makes me cry just to remember that it is all done for me.

Oh, Mr.Moffat, I want to thank, through you, the gentlemen of the Bachelors' Club for this magnificent reception.

I know I do not deserve it, but it makes me so proud to realize the interest you all take in my work.

And, Mr.McNeil, I beg you to return my gratitude to the gentlemen of the--the (oh, thank you)--the Cattlemen's Shakespearian Reading Circle (how very nice of you to have such an organization for the study of higher literature!) for this superb gift.