I am well aware how fond you are of Nothing, not so much for low price as for the sport, as delightful as it is witty, that it affords your pert sparrow; and so I can really guess that the closer a gift comes to Nothing the more welcome and acceptable it will be to you.
The Six-cornered Snowflake, To the Illustrious Counsellor at the Court of His Sacred Imperial, Majesty (p. 3)