Chapter XV: Tom Towers, Dr Anticant, and Mr Sentiment

Chapter XV TOM TOWERS, DR ANTICANT, AND MR SENTIMENT "Ah, Bold! how are you? You haven't breakfasted?" "Oh yes, hours ago. And how are you?" When one Esquimau meets another, do the two, as an invariable rule, ask after each other's health? is it inherent in all human nature to make this obliging inquiry? Did any reader of this tale ever meet any friend or acquaintance without asking some such question, and did anyone ever listen to the reply? Sometimes a studiously courteous questioner will show so much thought in the matter as to answer it himself, by declaring that had he