No, no, ----said my father to _Susannah_, I'll get up ------There is no time, cried _Susannah_, the child's as black as my shoe. _Trismegistus_, said my father ------But stay--thou art a leaky vessel, _Susannah_, added my father; canst thou carry _Trismegistus_ in thy head, the length of the gallery without scattering? ------Can I? cried _Susannah_, shutting the door in a huff. ----If she can, I'll be shot, said my father, bouncing out of bed in the dark, and groping for his breeches.

No, no,' he said to Susannah. 'I'll get up.'
'There is no time,' cried Susannah, 'the child's as black as my shoe.'
'Trismegistus,' said my father. 'But stay - thou art a leaky vessel, Susannah. Canst thou carry Trismegistus in thy head, the length of the gallery without scattering it?'
'Can I?' cried Susannah, shutting the door in a huff.
'If she can, I'll be shot,' said my father, bouncing out of bed in the dark, and groping for his clothes.
