'E said it was all the result of never 'aving swallowed anything 'ot, upon which my gentleman for a week lives on cold porridge, if you'll believe me; although myself I'd rather 'ave died at fifty and got it over.

Then another paper dug up from somewhere a sort of animated corpse that said was a 'undred and two, and attributed the unfortunate fact to 'is always 'aving 'ad 'is food as 'ot as 'e could swallow it.

A bit of sense did begin to dawn upon 'im then, but too late in the day, I take it.

'E'd played about with 'imself too long.

'E died at thirty-two, looking to all appearance sixty, and you can't say as 'ow it was the result of not taking advice." Only just in time.
"On this subject of health we are much too ready to follow advice," I agreed.