It's rather a long story; but it comes to this.

You see, Fred is very particular about the tea he drinks." "Indeed ?" "It's a fact, I assure you.

Well, when we were travelling in the states, Fred happened to come across some tea he liked particularly, at Chicago.

And the funny thing about this tea is that it is compressed.

It is called 'Wapshotts' Patent Compressed Tea;' now I daresay," added Mrs.Goodwyn-Sandys demurely, "that you wouldn't think it possible for compressed tea to be good." "To tell you the truth," said Mr.Moggridge, "I have never given the subject a thought." "No, of course; being a poet, you wouldn't.