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And we each replied with pitying, sympathetic looks that implied: "That's all right, my dear sir; don't you fret about that. We see how it is. We only wish we could do something to help you." The poor fellow seemed happier and more resigned after that. AND WE EACH REPLIED WITH PITYING SYMPATHETIC LOOKS THAT IMPLIED THAT'S ALL RIGHT MY DEAR SIR DON'T YOU FRET ABOUT THAT WE SEE HOW IT IS WE ONLY WISH WE COULD DO SOMETHING TO HELP YOU THE POOR FELLOW SEEMED HAPPIER AND MORE RESIGNED AFTER THAT
 thought we were going to have a little quiet. But we were mistaken; for, with the same breath with which he finished the dog rigmarole, our talkative companion added: "But I can tell you a funnier thing than that--" We all felt we could believe that assertion. If he had boasted that he could tell a duller, more uninteresting story, we should have doubted him; but the possibility of his being able to relate something funnier, we could readily grasp. But it was not a bit funnier, after all. It was only longer and more involved. It was the history of a man who grew his own celery; and then, later on, it turned out that his wife was the niece, by the mother's side, of a man who had made an ottoman out of an old packing-case. The friend glanced round the carriage apologetically about the middle of this story, with an expression that said: "I'm awfully sorry, gentlemen; but it really is not my fault. You see the position I'm in. Don't blame me. Don't make it worse for me to bear than it is. N THE DOG AFTER THE DOG STORY WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE QUIET BUT WE WERE MISTAKEN FOR WITH THE SAME BREATH WITH WHICH HE FINISHED THE DOG RIGMAROLLE OUR TALKATIVE COMPANION ADDED BUT I CAN TELL YOU A FUNNIER THING THAN THAT WE ALL FELT WE COULD BELIEVE THAT ASSERTION IF HE HAD BOASTED THAT HE COULD TELL A DULLER MORE UNINTERESTING STORY WE SHOULD HAVE DOUBTED HIM BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HIS BEING ABLE TO RELATE SOMETHING FUNNIER WE COULD READILY GRASP BUT IT WAS NOT A BIT FUNNIER AFTER ALL IT WAS ONLY LONGER AND MORE INVOLVED IT WAS THE HISTORY OF A MAN WHO GREW HIS OWN SALARY AND THEN LATER ON IT TURNED OUT THAT HIS WIFE WAS THE NIECE BY THE MOTHER'S SIDE OF A MAN WHO HAD MADE AN OTTOMAN OUT OF AN OLD PACKING CASE THE FRIEND GLANCED ROUND THE CARRIAGE APOLOGETICALLY ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THIS STORY WITH AN EXPRESSION THAT SAID I'M AWFULLY SORRY GENTLEMEN BUT IT REALLY IS NOT MY FAULT YOU SEE THE POSITION I'M IN DON'T BLAME ME DON'T MAKE IT WORSE FOR ME TO BEAR THAN IT IS
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