Harris said that, as an object to hang over a flower-bed in early spring to frighten the birds away, he should respect it; but that, considered as an article of dress for any human being, except a Margate nigger, it made him ill.
Harris répondit que, suspendu au-dessus d’un parterre de fleurs au début du printemps pour effrayer les oiseaux, il ne serait pas mal du tout ; mais que, sur un etre humain autre qu’un clown, ça lui retournait l’estomac.