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victim, at least to-day, is the butt of gibes and 

 laughter ; but not so with Marc Antony. He held 

 up his catch proudly that his mistress might look 

 upon its charms, then said to an attendant : " Un- 

 hook it. True, it is not so large as I conceived 

 by the play it made, but it is by far the oldest fish 

 taken to-day." 



