Here is the retort verbatim—

“Pass! Hell! I’m not paid for that business; the waiter’s paid for it.

You should use civility at table, and, by God, I’ll show you how!”

The other man very wisely made no answer, and the bully went on with his

supper as though nothing had occurred. It pleases me to think that some

day soon he will meet with one of his own kidney; and that perhaps both

may fall.

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