_ I haven't the faintest idea, but suppose you mean Monte Carlo.
_Exam._ (_as a last resource_). Do you know anything about Law?
_Can._ Nothing at all, except that one of my friends had to pay five
pounds, the other day, for assaulting a Policeman.
_Exam._ (_losing his temper_). Then what on earth _do_ you know?
_Can._ Only how to break the record of the quarter mile.
_Exam._ (_brightening up_). And can you play Cricket?
_Can._ (_contemptuously_). _Can_ I play Cricket! Why I carried my bat
out for 184 against Loamshire, with GRACE bowling his swiftest.
_Exam._ (_cordially grasping his hand_). My dear Sir, after the
satisfactory examination you have just undergone, I shall have much
pleasure in recommending you for a Scholarship.
* * * * *
ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.
EXTRACTED FROM THE DIARY OF TOBY, M.P.
_House of Commons, Monday, Aug_. 8.--Think I mentioned, just before
Prorogation, how DUNBAR BARTON, offended at disregard paid to his
warnings by Ministers, protested that he would never speak again, and
should thenceforth be known as DUM BARTON.
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