6/23 By-the-by, he has died since then. Another came with the toothache. I bled him behind the ear, and relieved him in a jiffy. I bled our bailiff between the thumb and forefinger for rheumatism. Presently he comes to me with a headache and drumming in the ears, and holds out his hand over the basin; but I smiled at his folly, and bled him in the left ankle sore against his will, and made his head as light as a nut." Diverging then from the immediate theme after the manner of enthusiasts, the reverend teacher proceeded thus: "Know, young man, that two schools of art contend at this moment throughout Europe. |