Everybody speaks ill of us both, and everybody is glad to see both of us again." "Yes, Jasper, but there is some difference between men and cuckoos; men have souls, Jasper!" "And why not cuckoos, brother ?" "You should not talk so, Jasper; what you say is little short of blasphemy.

How should a bird have a soul ?" "And how should a man ?" "Oh, we know very well that a man has a soul." "How do you know it ?" "We know very well." "Would you take your oath of it, brother--your bodily oath ?" "Why, I think I might, Jasper!" "Did you ever see the soul, brother ?" "No, I never saw it." "Then how could you swear to it?
A pretty figure you would make in a court of justice, to swear to a thing which you never saw.

Hold up your head, fellow.

When and where did you see it?
Now upon your oath, fellow, do you mean to say that this Roman stole the donkey's foal?
Oh, there's no one for cross-questioning like Counsellor P.

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