New York, 1896.
BRADAMANTE. But is this authentic? Is it an original? Is it a
true, original thing, sir?
GRADASSO (_making a leg_). Madam, 'tis as authentic as very
authenticity itself--'tis truth's kernel, originality's
core--provided you are but willing to believe it such.
BRADAMANTE. Sir, you quibble.
GRADASSO (_making a leg_). Madam, 'tis precisely in my
vocation to quibble,--and delicately.
From _The Superglorious Life and Death of Prince Artius: A
Tragedy_. Act LI., sc. li.