“Weather or No.”
The last time that Theodore Hook dined at Amen Corner, he was unusually late, and dinner was served before he made his appearance. Mr. Barham apologized for having sat down without him, observing that he had quite given him up, and had supposed “that the weather had deterred him.”
“Oh!” replied Hook, “I had determined to come, weather or no.”—Life of Rev. R. H. Barham.