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wrapped up carefully in the napkin, which he promised to 
return. The parcel was thrust in the big outside pouch- 
pocket worn in the dress-coats of those days. 
After the dinner was over, Mr. Heathcote was called 
upon to propose the toast of Dr. Ingram (the celebrated 
author of “ Memorials of Oxford ”). He was a junior F ellow, 
and was rather taken aback at being thus unexpectedly 
asked to make a speech, and when he got up he could not 
for the life of him think of what to say about this well- 
known dignitary. Dr. Buckland happily came to his 
rescue, and, making a funnel of his hands, whispered, “ Say 
—there is so much to say on the subject that you don’t 
know what to say first.” Mr. Heathcote took the hint, 
and that utterance gave time for the particular compliment 
to Dr. Ingram as an author to come to his mind, and 
the whole party cheered the allusion to Dr. Ingram’s 
achievement. 
