Player Or Lord
ONE day, at a party in Bath, Quin said something which caused a general
murmur of delighted merriment. A nobleman present, who was not
distinguished for the brilliancy of his ideas, exclaimed: What a pity
'tis, Quin, my boy, that a clever fellow like you should be a player!
Quin, fixing and flashing his eyes upon the speaker, replied: Why! what
would your lordship have me be?--a lord?