Now _his_ birthday is approaching, and I am going to send him, as a present, a beggar's staff, and I hope he will live a long time to use it." "Well, sir, that is your business, not mine.

I am a table-maker; I don't profess to make staves.

If you wish to make a present of a beggar's staff, I can recommend you to a turner who lives hard by." "Master Boltay, don't be so impatient.

The staff I spoke of is only an emblem.

I have a plan, I say, which you must know of.