So do not excite yourself, dear snip.

Dom Manuel asked: and he added, "Not that I did, dear snip, but I shall not argue about it."

"Now other persons have been pagans once upon a time, dear snip-

" Dear snip," said he, "come, honestly now, what have you been meditating about while I talked nonsense?"

"No, no, dear snip, it is not indigestion, but rather it is that music, which is plaguing me."

"What do you mean, dear snip?"

"Well, well, dear snip," said Manuel, the first thing of all, "now it is certainly a comfort to have you back again."