He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk Descending from the bus He looked again, and found it was A Hippopotamus. If this should stay to dine,' he said, There won't be much for us' (Lewis Carroll)

He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk Descending from the bus He looked again, and found it was A Hippopotamus. If this should stay to dine,' he said, There won't be much for us'

Lewis Carroll

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