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1868
By the way, when you asked me the other day to dine with you on the 14th, I said I was dining with the Duchess. Well, I'm not. I'm dining with you. BY THE WAY WHEN YOU ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY TO DINE WITH YOU ON THE FOURTEENTH I SAID I WAS DINING WITH THE DUCHESS WELL I'M NOT I'M DINING WITH YOU
d I wouldn't write anything in her nasty book, so there wasn't a very wide point of difference between us. For the rest of the afternoon I pretended to be sulking, but I was really working back to that quatrain, like a fox-terrier that's buried a deferred lunch in a private flower-bed. When I got an opportunity I hunted up Agatha's autograph, which had the front page all to itself, and, copying her prim handwriting as well as I could, I inserted above it the following Thibetan fragment:-- "With Thee, oh, my Beloved, to do a dak (a dak I believe is a sort of uncomfortable post-journey) On the pack-saddle of a grunting yak, With never room for chilling chaperone, 'Twere better than a Panhard in the Park." That Agatha would get on to a yak in company with a lover even in the comparative seclusion of Thibet is unthinkable. I very much doubt if she'd do it with her own husband in the privacy of the Simplon tunnel. But poetry, as I've remarked before, should always stimulate the imagination. G NASTY IN HER BOOK AND I SAID I SHOULDN'T WRITE ANYTHING IN HER NASTY BOOK SO THERE WASN'T A VERY WIDE POINT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON I PRETENDED TO BE SULKING BUT I WAS REALLY WORKING BACK TO THAT QUATRAIN LIKE A FOX TERRIER THAT'S BURIED A DEFERRED LUNCH IN A PRIVATE FLOWER BED WHEN I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY I HUNTED UP AGATHA'S AUTOGRAPH WHICH HAD THE FRONT PAGE ALL TO ITSELF AND COPYING HER PRIM HANDWRITING AS WELL AS I COULD I INSERTED ABOVE IT THE FOLLOWING TIBETAN FRAGMENT WITH THEE O MY BELOVED TO DO A DARK A DARK I BELIEVE IS A SORT UNCOMFORTABLE POST JOURNEY ON THE PACK SADDLE OF A GRUNTING YAK WITH NEVER ROOM FOR CHILLING CHAPERON TWERE BETTER THAN A PANHARD IN THE PARK THAT AGATHA WOULD GET ON TO A YACK IN COMPANY WITH A LOVER EVEN IN THE COMPARATIVE SECLUSION OF THIBET IS UNTHINKABLE I VERY MUCH DOUBT IF SHE'D DO IT WITH HER OWN HUSBAND IN THE PRIVACY OF THE SAMPLONG TUNNEL BUT POETRY AS I'VE REMARKED BEFORE SHOULD ALWAYS STIMULATE THE IMAGINATION
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