The toast having been drunk with enthusiasm, Mrs. Bagnet returns thanks in a neat address of corresponding brevity. This model composition is limited to the three words "And wishing yours!" which the old girl follows up with a nod at everybody in succession and a well-regulated swig of the mixture. This she again follows up, on the present occasion, by the wholly unexpected exclamation, "Here's a man!"

The toast having been drunk with enthusiasm, Mrs. Bagnet returns thanks in a neat address of equal brevity: "And wishing yours!" which she follows up with a nod at everybody and a swig of the mixture. This she again follows up by the wholly unexpected exclamation, "Here's a man!"
