Clarice: Now Marina and Deb, why did the nurse object to take baby into papa’s studio?
Marina: Hmm.
Deb: Hmm, OK why did the nurse object Clarice?
Clarice: Because “them easels” (the measles) were about!
Source: “A Thousand and One Riddles, With a Few Thrown In”, published by George Routledge & Sons, Ludgate Hill. A Victorian book.

