Was it my case, said _Gastripheres_, as the main thing is the oil and lamp-black, I should spread them thick upon a rag, and clap it on directly. ------That would make a very devil of it, replied _Yorick_. ----And besides, added _Eugenius_, it would not answer the intention, which is the extreme neatness and elegance of the prescription, which the Faculty hold to be half in half; ----for consider, if the type is a very small one (which it should be) the sanative particles, which come into contact in this form, have the advantage of being spread so infinitely thin, and with such a mathematical equality (fresh paragraphs and large capitals excepted) as no art or management of the spatula can come up to. ------It falls out very luckily, replied _Phutatorius_, that the second edition of my treatise _de Concubinis retinendis_ is at this instant in the press. ------You may take any leaf of it, said _Eugenius_------no matter which. ----Provided, quoth _Yorick_, there is no bawdry in it.------
They are just now, replied _Phutatorius_, printing off the ninth chapter----which is the last chapter but one in the book. ----Pray what is the title of that chapter? said _Yorick_; making a respectful bow to _Phutatorius_ as he spoke. ------I think, answered _Phutatorius_, 'tis that _de re concubinari_.

'As the main thing is the oil and lamp-black,' said Gastripheres, 'I should spread them thick upon a rag, and clap it on directly.'
'That would not answer,' said Eugenius, 'for the neatness and elegance of the prescription is what matters. For if the type is a very small one, the useful particles have the advantage of being spread so infinitely thin, and with such a mathematical equality (large capitals excepted) as no management of the spatula can come up to.'
'It is very lucky,' replied Phutatorius, 'that the second edition of my treatise is at this instant in the press.'
'You may use any page of it,' said Eugenius.
'Provided,' quoth Yorick, 'there is no bawdry in it.'
'They are just now printing the ninth chapter,' replied Phutatorius.
'Pray what is that chapter's title?' said Yorick, bowing respectfully.
'De re concubinaria - On the Matter of Concubines.'
