"_Mr. CHURCHILL._ The statement just made I make after having had an
opportunity of communicating with Sir Arthur Paget. It is admitted that
a misunderstanding on the point arose.
_Mr. BONAR LAW._ Rubbish.
_Mr. CHURCHILL._ Do I understand the right hon. gentleman to say
'rubbish'?
_Mr. BONAR LAW._ Yes."
The parallel that pleases SARK will be found in report of a conversation
between _Mrs. Gamp_ and _Mrs. Betsey Prig_ at what should have been a
friendly tea-table in the home of the former. This was the historic
occasion when _Mrs. Prig_ declared her rooted belief in the
non-existence of _Mrs. Gamp's_ friend _Mrs. Harris_. For purpose of
comparison it may be convenient to put what followed in the same form as
official Parliamentary report:--
_Mrs. Gamp._ What! you bago creetur, have I know'd Mrs. Harris
five-and-thirty year, to be told at last that there ain't no sech a
person livin'! Go along with you!
_Mrs. Prig._ I'm agoin', Ma'am, aint I?
_Mrs. Gamp._ You had better, Ma'am!
_Mrs. Prig._ Do you know who you're talking to, Ma'am?
_Mrs. Gamp._ Aperiently to Betsey Prig.
_Business done._--Third night's debate on Second Reading of Home Rule
Bill. Intended to divide. On urgent demand of Opposition division
deferred till Monday.
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"Then came the resignation of Mr. Asquith, which left the Ministry
(temporarily) without its head. Hence another vacant seal in the
Government Front Bench."--_Globe._
To prevent self-consciousness among the Cabinet, the name of the
Minister who looks like a vacant seal should be given.
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"Mr. Bodkin, opening the case, described Hemmerde for the defence."
_North Eastern Daily Gazette._
It is generally towards the end of a case that one wants to describe the
opposing counsel in detail.
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