nephew quotes

'The name of those fabulous animals (pagan, I regret to say) who used to sing in the water, has quite escaped me.'Mr George Chuzzlewit suggested 'Swans'.'No,'said Mr Pecksniff.'Not swans.Very like swans, too. Thank you.' The nephew†propounded 'Oysters'.'No,'said Mr Picksniff†'nor oysters.But by no means unlike oysters† Wait! Sirens. Dear me! sirens, of course.'

- CharlesJohn Huffam Dickens
^4  Martin Chuzzlewit, ch.4.