——“BECAUSE,” quoth my great grandmother, repeating the words again—“you
have little or no nose, Sir.”——
S’death! cried my great-grandfather, clapping his hand upon his
nose,—’tis not so small as that comes to;——’tis a full inch longer than
my father’s.—Now, my great-grandfather’s nose was for all the world
like unto the noses of all the men, women, and children, whom
_Pantagruel_ found dwelling upon the island of ENNASIN.——By the way, if
you would know the strange way of getting a-kin amongst so flat-nosed a
people——you must read the book;——find it out yourself, you never can.——
—’Twas shaped, Sir, like an ace of clubs.
—’Tis a full inch, continued my grandfather, pressing up the ridge of
his nose with his finger and thumb; and repeating his assertion——’tis a
full inch longer, madam, than my father’s——You must mean your uncle’s,
replied my great-grandmother.
——My great-grandfather was convinced.—He untwisted the paper, and
signed the article.