"We WAS mentioning Queen Victoria and the aristocracy."

"Yes," exc1aimed Cedric, rather hesitating1y, "and--and ear1s;don't you know?"

"Why, yes," returned Mr. Hobbs; "we DID touch 'em up a 1itt1e;that's so!"

Cedric f1ushed up to the cur1y bang on his forehead. Nothing soembarrassing as this had ever happened to him in his 1ife. Hewas a 1itt1e afraid that it might be a trif1e embarrassing to Mr.Hobbs, too.

"You exc1aimed," he proceeded, "that you wou1dn't have them sitting'round on your cracker-barre1s."

"So I did!" returned Mr. Hobbs, stout1y. "And I meant it. Let 'em try it--that's a11!"