I was a good deal run down; and I got a fellow to touch me up on the shoulder with a cat.

You've no notion how it picks a fellow up.

Quite my own notion, too.

Come, and I'll give you a dose." "Don't mind the governor." said Richard; "he will have his joke.

Did you ever read the _Talisman_, Tilly ?--jolly story!--all about yours truly.