Wasthereeversuchanimpossibleman！， ， inthefaceoffamineandtherigorouswinter， hewentoutgaylyinquestofamessoftrout， forsooth， becausehe"doted"onthem！Hadgloombutrested， nomatterhowlightly， onhisbrow， orhadhisbovinecountenancegrownlongandseriousandlesslikethemoon， orhadheremovedthatsmilebutoncefromoffhisface， ， hegrewonlymorecheerfulundermisfortune.
."Ifightyou？Why？"."Youaresofunny！Ho！ho！You'llbethedeathofme！Hee！hee！hee！Oh！Ho！ho！ho！
Whatwouldyou？， howIhatedhim！Thentherewasthatname-Claverhouse！Whataname！Wasn'titabsurd？Claverhouse！Mercifulheaven， whyClaverhouse？， orBrown， orJones-butClaverhouse！-Claverhouse！Shouldamanlivewithsuchaname？Iaskofyou."No，""No"saidI.
， ， close-mouthed， ， ， -eyestwinkling， andthelightglowingandspreadinginhisfacetillitwasasafull-risenmoon.
"Ha！ha！ha！"helaughed."Thefunniesttike， thatyoungsterofmine！Didyoueverhearthelike？.'Opapa！'hecried，'agreatbigpuddleflewupandhitme.'"
Hestoppedandwaitedformetojoinhiminhisinfernalglee.
"Idon'tseeanylaughinit，"Isaidshortly， andIknowmyfacewentsour.
Heregardedmewithwonderment， andthencamethedamnablelight， glowingandspreading， asIhavedescribedit， tillhisfaceshonesoftandwarm， likethesummermoon， andthenthelaugh-"Ha！ha！That'sfunny！Youdon'tseeit， eh？Hee！hee！Ho！ho！ho！Hedoesn'tseeit！Why， ."
， Ithought， cursehim！， Icouldhearhismonstrouslaughreverberatingagainstthesky.
