A gentleman having put out a candle by accident one night, ordered his
waiting man (who was a simple being,) to light it again in the kitchen;
“but take care, James,” added he, “that you do not hit yourself against
any thing in the dark.”--Mindful of the caution, James stretched out
both arms at full length before him, but unluckily, a door that stood
half open, passed between his hands and struck him a woeful blow upon
the nose; “Dickens!” muttered he, when he recovered his senses a little,
“I always heard that I had a plaguy long nose, but I vow I never have
thought that it was longer than my arm.”
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