_The Colonel._ "MAY I ASK WHY?" _His Nephew._ "WELL--AW--YOU SEE HE IS SUCH A CONFOUNDED IDIOT!" _The Colonel._ "BUT DID IT NEVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT IF HE _WEREN'T_ SUCH A CONFOUNDED IDIOT HE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN YOUR SERVANT?"] * * * * * [Illustration: THE CUT DIRECT. SCENE--_A Norfolk Beach._ _Mr. and Mrs. Wavely (returning to their tent)._ "AH, MR. MCVICAR! YOU REMEMBER MEETING US AT PITLOCHRIE LAST AUTUMN, DON'T YOU?" _Mr. McVicar._ "I RECOLLECT YOUR FACES PERFATELY WELL, SIR; BUT YE'LL EXCUSE ME OBSAIRVIN' THAT THE PRAISENT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE VERRA, VERRA DIFFERENT!" [_Passes on._]] * * * * * [Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, September 29, 1894, by Various