But a man of position, an official whom gambling has ruined, who is overwhelmed by clamorous creditors, threatened with distraint, and on the point of being dragged before a court of justice, cannot disappear.

What is to become of him ?" "I have it!" exclaimed the physician.

"He recited _The Duel in the Prairie_.

People are rather tired of monologues, but that is very funny.
You remember! 'Will you fight with the sword ?' 'No, sir.' 'The pistol ?' 'No, sir.' 'The sabre, the knife ?' 'No, sir.' 'Ah, then, I see what you want.

You are not fastidious.