Sir Reginald, no _nullius_--young Tom, a _nullius_." "A _nullius_, Mr.Rotherham! You understand Latin, sir; what can a _nullius_, mean?
No such rope in the ship, hey! Atwood ?" "_Nullius_, or _nullius_, as it ought sometimes to be pronounced, is the genitive case, singular, of the pronoun _nullus; nullus, nulla, nullum_; which means, 'no man,' 'no woman,' 'no thing.' _Nullius_ means, 'of no man,' 'of no woman,' 'of no thing.'" The vicar gave this explanation, much in the way a pedagogue would have explained the matter to a class.
"Ay-ay--any school-boy could have told that, which is the first form learning.

But what the devil can 'Nom.

_nullus, nulla, nullum_; Gen.
_nullius, nullius, nullius_,' have to do with Mr.Thomas Wychecombe, the nephew and heir of the present baronet ?" "That is more than I can inform you, Sir Gervaise," answered the vicar, stiffly; "but, for the Latin, I will take upon myself to answer, that it is good." Sir Gervaise was too-well bred to laugh, but he found it difficult to suppress a smile.
"Well, Sir Wycherly," resumed the vice-admiral, "this is quite plain--Sir Reginald is only _half_, while your nephew Tom, and the rest, are _whole_--Margery and Joan, and all that.

Any thing more to tell us, my dear sir ?" "Tom _not_ whole--_nullus_, I wish to say.

Sir Reginald _half_--no _nullus_." "This is like being at sea a week, without getting a sight of the sun! I am all adrift, now, gentlemen." "Sir Wycherly does not attend to his cases," put in Atwood, drily.