ABSTRACT
It is to thee I speak, my (fair) neighbou't': but truly thou art an ass.
This is said of dull persons, unable to comprehend a slight hint. A man conversing with his own wife, was desirous of giving a hint to his neighbour's wife, of whom he -was the gallant, and who overheard the oonvel1lation j but she did not understand him, anel he in a rage used the words above quoted.
