THE FLOllAL TELEGRAPH. 53 
to pay a compliment, scion les usages 
du monde, “ since your exalted race 
are such beautiful singers as to be 
able to take a part with Gabriel in a 
duet, or with Michael and Azriel in 
a trio, perhaps you would condescend 
to favour me, Horace Honeycomb, 
your slave and admirer, with a little 
ariette.” 
<c Ah, my dear sir, nothing would 
have given me greater pleasure, were 
I in the voice in which I formerly 
was. But, alas, we all took cold at 
the flood. We had degenerated, like 
mankind, and with mankind we were 
punished. We had a dreary forty 
days of it. Only a little seaweed to 
