Hard Of Digestion
QUIN had been dining, and his host expressed his regret that he could
offer no more wine, as he had lost the key of his wine-cellar. While the
coffee was getting ready the host showed his guest some natural
curiosities, and among the rest an ostrich. Do you know, sir, that this
bird has one very remarkable property--he will swallow iron?--Then
very likely, said Quin, he has swallowed the key of your
wine-cellar!