"Whom are you", said he, "to be thus wandering in the very
unspeakable forest of the very unnamable sorcerer Thyrston?"

Said Colombo, "I have heard of this Thyrston. And while I do not
criticize, yet I cannot entirely agree with your improper use of
the pronoun WHOM, and oh my dear sir", said Colombo, "those two
VERYS would surely--oh, most surely--be mentioned in 'The Conning
Tower'."

"Eh!" said Thyrston, frowning.

"I allude", said Colombo, "to the scribbling of a certain Adams
with whom you are doubtless familiar, and of course, my dear
Thyrston", said Colombo, "I spoke only jestingly, for I am
Cristofer Colombo whom men call the Dreamer, and I go in search
of the land of my imagining and it is truly a pleasure to meet
the greatest sorcerer since Ckellyr, and how", said Colombo, "is
dear Mrs. Thyrston?"

Then Thyrston showed Colombo what was written on the insecure
parchment. It frightened Colombo a little, but he assented. And
when the sorcerer had borrowed a silk hat and a gold watch he
caused the skies to darken and Colombo saw that which men refuse
to believe.

"But, oh, now really sir", said Colombo, "that is indeed
extremely clever and I do wish that the children were here to see
it and would you mind, my dear Thyrston", said Colombo, "doing
that egg trick again?"