----"Because," quoth my great-grandmother, repeating the words again-- "you have little or no nose, Sir."------
S'death! cried my great-grandfather, clapping his hand upon his nose, --'tis not so small as that comes to; ----'tis a full inch longer than my father's. --Now, my great-grandfather's nose was for all the world like unto the noses of all the men, women, and children, whom _Pantagruel_ found dwelling upon the island of ENNASIN. ------By the way, if you would know the strange way of getting a-kin amongst so flat-nosed a people----you must read the book; ----find it out yourself, you never can.----
--'Twas shaped, Sir, like an ace of clubs.
--'Tis a full inch, continued my grandfather, pressing up the ridge of his nose with his finger and thumb; and repeating his assertion----'tis a full inch longer, madam, than my father's ----You must mean your uncle's, replied my great-grandmother.
------My great-grandfather was convinced. --He untwisted the paper, and signed the article.
'Because,' quoth my great-grandmother, 'you have little or no nose, Sir.'
'S'death!' cried my great-grandfather, clapping his hand upon his nose, ''tis not so small as that; 'tis a full inch longer than my father's.'
Now, my great-grandfather's nose was like the noses of the people whom Pantagruel found dwelling upon the island of Ennasin. 'Twas shaped, Sir, like an ace of clubs.
''Tis a full inch longer than my father's,' continued my grandfather, pressing up the ridge of his nose with his finger.
'You must mean your uncle's,' replied my great-grandmother.
My great-grandfather was convinced. - He untwisted the paper, and signed the article.
Book 3 - Chapter 32