“Oh!” said he. “You have heard of the name. But the question is, what do you say of it?”

I said, or tried to say, that I was much obliged to him for his recommendation —

“No, my young friend!” he interrupted, shaking his great head very slowly.

“Recollect yourself!”

Not recollecting myself, I began again that I was much obliged to him for his recommendation —

“No, my young friend,” he interrupted, shaking his head and frowning and smiling both at once, — “no, no, no; it's very well done, but it won't do; you are too young to fix me with it. Recommendation is not the word, Mr. Pip. Try another.”