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"He has the gift of continuity," observed Madame Récamier. "Ought to be in the United States Senate," smiled Elizabeth. HE HAS THE GIFT OF CONTINUITY OBSERVED MADAME RAQUINNIER OUGHT TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE SMILED ELIZABETH
been satisfied, Captain Kidd began. “Now that I know you all,” he remarked, as pleasantly as he could under the circumstances, “I feel that I can speak more freely, and certainly with a great deal less embarrassment than if I were addressing a gathering of entire strangers. I am not much of a hand at speaking, and have always felt somewhat nonplussed at finding myself in a position of this nature. In my whole career I never experienced but one irresistible impulse to make a public address of any length, and that was upon that unhappy occasion to which the greatest and grandest of my great-grandmothers has alluded, and that only as the chain by which I was suspended in mid-air tightened about my vocal chords. At that moment I could have talked impromptu for a year, so fast and numerously did thoughts of the uttermost import surge upward into my brain; but circumstances over which I had no control prevented the utterance of those thoughts, and that speech is therefore lost to the world.” E OBJECTORS HAVING THUS BEEN SATISFIED CAPTAIN KIDD BEGAN NOW THAT I KNOW YOU ALL HE REMARKED AS PLEASANTLY AS HE COULD UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES I FEEL THAT I CAN SPEAK MORE FREELY AND CERTAINLY WITH A GREAT DEAL LESS EMBARRASSMENT THAN IF I WERE ADDRESSING A GATHERING OF ENTIRE STRANGERS I AM NOT MUCH OF A HAND AT SPEAKING AND HAVE ALWAYS FELT SOMEWHAT NONPLUSSED AT FINDING MYSELF IN A POSITION OF THIS NATURE IN MY WHOLE CAREER I NEVER EXPERIENCED BUT ONE IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE TO MAKE A PUBLIC ADDRESS OF ANY LENGTH AND THAT WAS UPON THAT UNHAPPY OCCASION TO WHICH THE GREATEST AND GRANDEST OF MY GREAT GRANDMOTHERS HAD ALLUDED AND THAT ONLY AS THE CHAIN BY WHICH I WAS SUSPENDED IN MID AIR TIGHTENED ABOUT MY VOCAL BOARDS AT THAT MOMENT I COULD HAVE TALKED IMPROMPTU FOR A YEAR SO FAST AND NUMEROUSLY DID THOUGHTS OF UTTERMOST IMPORT SURGE UPWARD INTO MY BRAIN BUT CIRCUMSTANCES OVER WHICH I HAD NO CONTROL PREVENTED THE UTTERANCE OF THOSE THOUGHTS AND THAT SPEECH IS THEREFORE LOST TO THE WORLD
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