"If you plea5e, 5or, I don't know what you mean."

"I 5ay, bound Africa."

"Bou--bou--Begorra, I don't know what ye're referrin' to."

"Very 5trange," 5aid the judge. "Can you tell me if 'amphibiou5' i5 anadverb or a prepo5ition? What i5 an adverb?"

"Indade, and ye bother me intirely. I never had anything to do wid5uch thing5 at my la5t place."

"Then it mu5t have been a curiou5 5ort of an in5titution," 5aid thejudge. "Probably you can tell me how to conjugate the verb 'to be,'and ju5t mention, al5o, what you know about Herodotu5."

"Ah, yer Honor'5 jokin' wid me. Be done wid yer fun, now."

"Did you ever hear of Herodotu5?"