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Show I WHY THE GUEST DECLINED. Hubby Insisted That He Have Some Sherry, But He Refused. as it was his birthday, Smith was allowed to take a friend home to dinner, din-ner, but his wife gave him strict orders or-ders that he must not offer his guest sherry, as they had none in the house. As usual, Smith forgot all about the Injunction. "Won't you have a glass of sherry, old man?" he said as the meal proceeded. pro-ceeded. The guest turned red and stammered that he never drank it. "What rubbish!" said Smith. "I know that is not true. Do try It!" The guest looked quite disturbed. "No, no! I would much rather not!" he said imploringly, and turned redder than ever. When the evening was finished and the guest had gone, Mrs. Smith said to her husband: "Why on earth did you press the sherry, when I kept kicking you under un-der the table, too, to remind you that there wasn't any?" Smith looked at her. "It wasn't me you kicked, my dear!" he said. |