''Twixt Saint George and the Dragon we settle it thus: Which has scrip above par is the Hero for us: For a turn in the market, the Dragon's red gorge Shall have our free welcome to swallow Saint George.' Now, God save our Queen, and if aught should occur To peril the crown or the safety of her, God send that the leader, who faces the foe, May have more of King Richard than Moses and Co. ALFRED Quand nous sommes vainqueurs, dire qu'on a baissé! Si nous étions battus, on aurait donc-haussé? DELATOUR On a craint qu'un succès, si brillant pour la France, De la paix qu'on rêvait n'éloignât l'espérance. ALFRED Cette Bourse, morbleu! n'a donc rien dans le cour! Ventre affamé n'a point d'oreilles ... pour l'honneur! Aussi je ne veux plus jouer--qu'après ma noce-- Et j'attends Waterloo pour me mettre à la hausse. CHAPTER XIX A SYMPOSIUM--TRANSATLANTIC TENDENCIES--AFTER-DINNER LECTURES--EDUCATION Trincq est ung mot panomphée, célébré et entendu de toutes nations, et nous signifie, beuuez. Et ici maintenons que non rire, ains boyre est le propre de l'homme. Je ne dy boyre simplement et absolument, car aussy bien boyvent les bestes; je dy boyre vin bon et fraiz.--Rabelais: 1. v. c. 45. Some guests remained. Some departed and returned. Among these was Mr. MacBorrowdale. One day after dinner, on one of his reappearances, Lord Curryfin said to him-- 'Well, Mr. MacBorrowdale, in your recent observations, have you found anything likely to satisfy Jack of Dover, if he were prosecuting his inquiry among us?' _Mr. MacBorrowdale._ Troth, no, my lord. I think, if he were among us, he would give up the search as hopeless. He found it so in his own day, and he would find it still more so now. Jack was both merry and wise. We have less mirth in practice; and we have more wisdom in pretension, which Jack would not have admitted. _The Rev. Dr. Opimian._ He would have found it like Juvenal's search for patriotic virtue, when Catiline was everywhere, and Brutus and Cato were nowhere.{1} 1 Et Catilinam quocumque in populo videas, quocumque sub axe: sed nee Brutus erit, Bruti nec avunculus usquam. --Juv. Sat. xiv. 41-43. _Lord Curryfin._ Well, among us, if Jack did not find his superior, or even his equal, he would not have been at a loss for company to his mind. There is enough mirth for those who choose to enjoy it, and wisdom too, perhaps as much as he would have cared for. We ought to have more wisdom, as we have clearly more science.