Neck Or Nothing
A RIGHT reverend prelate, himself a man of extreme good-nature, was
frequently much vexed in the spirit by the proud, froward, perverse, and
untractable temper of his next vicar. The latter, after an absence much
longer than usual, one day paid a visit to the bishop, who kindly
inquired the cause of his absence, and was answered by the vicar, that
he had been confined to his house for some time past by an obstinate
stiffness in his knee. I am glad of that, replied the prelate;
'tis a good symptom that the disorder has changed place, for I had a
long time thought it immovably settled in your NECK.