It would be quite
possible, then, for him to get through the forest before the permit was
void, and he would be sure to go on to Sunch'ston for the night.
She chatted unconcernedly, now with one guest now with another, while
they in their turn chatted unconcernedly with one another.
Miss La Frime to Mrs. Humdrum: "You know how he got his professorship?
No? I thought every one knew that. The question the candidates had to
answer was, whether it was wiser during a long stay at a hotel to tip the
servants pretty early, or to wait till the stay was ended. All the other
candidates took one side or the other, and argued their case in full.
Hanky sent in three lines to the effect that the proper thing to do would
be to promise at the beginning, and go away without giving. The King,
with whom the appointment rested, was so much pleased with this answer
that he gave Hanky the professorship without so much as looking . . . "
Professor Gabb to Mrs. Humdrum: "Oh no, I can assure you there is no
truth in it. What happened was this. There was the usual crowd, and the
people cheered Professor after Professor, as he stood before them in the
great Bridgeford theatre and satisfied them that a lump of butter which
had been put into his mouth would not melt in it. When Hanky's turn came
he was taken suddenly unwell, and had to leave the theatre, on which
there was a report in the house that the butter had melted; this was at
once stopped by the return of the Professor.
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