"_Pay me tribute, or else_----."--In Mr. Bunn's late work, _Old England and
New England_, I find this note:
"We all remember the haughty message of the ruler of a certain province
to the governor of a neighbouring one, 'Pay me tribute, or else----;'
and the appropriate reply, 'I owe you none, and if----.'"
Not being of the totality reminiscent, may I beg for enlightenment? The
anecdote sounds well, and I am therefore curious to know who the governors
and what the provinces?