Part 26 (2/2)
”Tune--the 'Exile's Return,' eh?”
”Base scoffer! But what news?”
”A great piece”
”What?”
”I a for news”
”I really couldn't You have no idea hoeakly I a; and as it deals in battle and blood, I cannot touch upon it”
”Ah! that is the character of a man's friends In the sunshi+ne all devotion; in adversity----”
”And exile----”
”All hatred”
”Very well,” said Jacques, ”I can afford to labor under your injustice You are systematically unjust But I just dropped in as I passed--and,I shall intrude----”
”No; stay! stay!”
”Very well”
Sir Asinus laid down his violin; and stretching himself, said carelessly:
”I shouldn't be surprised if you had brought soettatura_--that faculty called the Evil Eye”
The step ascended
”Who is it--whose heavy step can that be?” said Sir Asinus, rising; ”it is not Randolph: itfroe cocked hat rising from beneath, followed by a substantial person
”O Heaven!” he cried, ”it's Doctor Small! The door--the door!”
”Too late!” said Jacques, laughing; ”the Doctor will find the stairs suddenly darkened if you close the door; and then he will know you are not absent, only playing him a trick!”
”True! true!” cried Sir Asinus in despair; ”where shall I go? I am lost!”