CAUSE AND EFFECT | SYMPATHY | SLIGHTED

#CAUSE AND EFFECT
"What a lot of suffering these ambulance surgeons must witness."
"Yes, indeed! Almost every time they go out they run over some one."
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"He's a nice little horse (I saw him myself) and the dealer says I may
have him for a song. Would you advise me to buy him?"
"That depends upon your eye for a horse and his ear for music."

#SYMPATHY
_Freddie_ (_aged six_): "Mother, you know that lovely purse you gave me
for my birfday?"
_His Mother:_ "Yes, dear! What of it?"
_Freddie:_ "It makes me feel orful to think of it just lyin' in the
drawer 'ithout a cent in its stummick."

#SLIGHTED
"I sincerely regret our misunderstanding, Florence, and am quite ready
to be friends again."
"_Misunderstanding_, indeed! If you had any _feeling_ you'd call it a
quarrel."