Phillips gave Mark Antony's oration over the dead body of Cæsar in the most heart-stirring tones—looking at Prissy Andrews at the end of every sentence—Anne felt that she could rise and mutiny on the spot if but one Roman citizen led the way.
And as Bud was something of a Territorial talking machine he made oration as follows: "How did I know he was from New York?
It is not necessary to set down the rest of the oration.
And it delivered a little oration upon the rottenness of men.
" This was a funeral oration over the old tree; short, but well-meant.
