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Dear me," she added, as, having untied the bundle, she held one of the open papers up before her, "how interesting! All the latest Paris fashions. Humph! Look at those sleeves, Elizabeth. What an impregnable fortress you would have been with those sleeves added to your ruffs!" DEAR ME SHE ADDED AS HAVING UNTIED THE BUNDLE SHE HELD ONE OF THE OPEN PAPERS UP BEFORE HER HOW INTERESTING ALL THE LATEST PARIS FASHIONS LOOK AT THESE SLEEVES ELIZABETH WHAT AN IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH THOSE SLEEVES ADDED TO YOUR RUFFS
ccepted, and the motion put. It was carried with an enthusiastic aye, and the organization was complete. The various committees retired to the several corners of the room to discuss their individual lines of action, when a shadow was observed to obscure the moonlight which had been streaming in through the window. The faces of Calpurnia and Cleopatra blanched for an instant, as, immediately following upon this apparition, a large bundle was hurled through the open port into the middle of the room, and the shadow vanished. “Is it a bomb?” cried several of the ladies at once. “Nonsense!” said Madame Récamier, jumping lightly forward. “A man doesn’t mind blowing a woman up, but he’ll never blow himself up. We’re safe enough in that respect. The thing looks to me like a bundle of illustrated papers.” “That’s what it is,” said Cleopatra who had been investigating. “It’s rather a discourteous bit of courtesy, tossing them in through the window that way, I think, but I presume they mean well.  ENTERTAINMENT THE AMENDMENT WAS ACCEPTED AND THE MOTION PUT IT WAS CARRIED WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC EYE AND THE ORGANIZATION WAS COMPLETE THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES RETIRED TO THE SEVERAL CORNERS OF THE ROOM TO DISCUSS THEIR INDIVIDUAL LINES OF ACTION WHEN A SHADOW WAS OBSERVED TO OBSCURE THE MOONLIGHT WHICH HAD BEEN STREAMING IN THROUGH THE WINDOW THE FACES OF CALPARNIA AND CLEOPATRA BLANCHED FOR AN INSTANT AS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING UPON THIS APPARITION A LARGE BUNDLE WAS HURLED THROUGH THE OPEN PORCH INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM AND THE SHADOW VANISHED IS IT A BOMB CRIED SEVERAL OF THE LADIES AT ONCE NONSENSE SAID MADAME RACAMIER JUMPING LIGHTLY FORWARD A MAN DOESN'T MIND BLOWING A WOMAN UP BUT HE'LL NEVER BLOW HIMSELF UP WE'RE SAFE ENOUGH IN THAT RESPECT THE THING LOOKS TO ME LIKE A BUNDLE OF ILLUSTRATED PAPERS THAT'S WHAT IT IS SAID CLEOPATRA WHO HAD BEEN INVESTIGATING IT'S A RATHER DISCOURTEOUS BIT OF COURTESY TOSSING THEM IN THROUGH THE WINDOW THAT WAY I THINK BUT I PRESUME THEY MEAN WELL
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