The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 45
The True Reason
The True Reason.
It
is said of Dr. Abernethy, that when he was once consulted by a gentleman who was a lover of the bottle, he met his patient thus:—"Well, sir, what is the matter with you?"
"Indigestion, sir."
"Put out your tongue, sir. Do you take ale or porter?"
"Yes, sir. Just a glass with my dinner, and one with my supper."
"H'm! Do you take wine?"
"Very little, sir—very little—very little indeed, sir. A glass now and then."
"Why do you take it?"
"Oh, doctor, I take it because it does me good."
"You lie, sir!—you lie! You take it because you like it"