I'm glad, by the way, that I preserved you from wasting your time among the atrocious lumber of that so-called treasury." "The treasury!" exclaimed my slim neighbor with the blue glasses.

"Beg your p--p--pardon, sir, but are you speaking of the Cathedral treasury?
Is it worth v--v--visiting ?" "Singularly so," replied he to my right.

"One of the rarest collections of authentic curiosities in France.

They have the snuff-box of Clovis, the great toe of Saint Helena, and the tongs with which St.Dunstan took the devil by the nose." "Up--p--pon my word, now, that's curious," ejaculated the thin tourist, who had an impediment in his speech.

"I must p--p--put that down.