[BNP/E3, 27²¹L⁴ – 3]

Dr. Nabos

“Which, by-the-bye, reminds me of a story I never heard before: of a polite tutor, |* polite indeed| to which his pupil alert some stupid error of his. “Sir,” said he “if I was not polite, I should call you an ass.”

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– That story is old, Dr.

– Well, it’s Nabos now. A story’s years are the times it is told.