A young gentleman, making an apology to his father for coming late to
dinner, said "that he had been visiting a poor friend of his in St.
George's Fields." "Ah! a pretty kind of friend indeed," says the
father, "to keep us waiting for dinner in this manner."
"Aye, and for the best kind, too," said Foote: "as you know, my dear
sir, a friend in need is a friend indeed."