Twelve hundred! said the auctioneer, in a voice of suppressed excitement, while the audience gasped, for such prices had not been heard of.

"No more offers?" said the auctioneer slowly, looking all round the square.

"Well, well," said the auctioneer, "I suppose that I must accept the bid.

"So I am, so I am," said the auctioneer, without moving a muscle.

"You've money enough there to pay it all," said the auctioneer.

"The lady on the left!" said the auctioneer to his clerk.

"Now, gentlemen," said the auctioneer, "what do you say for these famous premises?

"Don't vex yourself, Saturius," said the auctioneer, "bidding is one thing, paying another.

"Let un go on, let un go on!" said the auctioneer.

"I suppose you'll charge for bringing Cousin Henry into the court," said the auctioneer.

"And sold!" said the auctioneer, and passed over the Genuine Mexican Plug to me.

'Oh, rococo, all of it!' said the auctioneer.

"The hay is yours, Mr. Gallaher," said the auctioneer.

"Certainly, sir," said the auctioneer, handing him the watch.

"You wait your time, Mr. Isaacs," said the auctioneer.

"No, no," said the auctioneer, "that will not do.