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With strategic insight, he led his shy, bullet headed charges to the nearest woodland stream and allowed them to bathe; then he seated himself on their discarded garments and discoursed on their immediate future, which, he decreed, was to embrace a Bacchanalian procession through the village. WITH STRATEGIC INSIGHT HE LED HIS SHY BULLET HEADED CHARGES TO THE NEAREST WOODLAND STREAM AND ALLOWED THEM TO BATHE THEN HE SEATED HIMSELF ON THEIR DISCARDED GARMENTS AND DISCOURSED ON THEIR IMMEDIATE FUTURE WHICH HE DECREED WAS TO EMBRACE A BACCHANALIAN PROCESSION THROUGH THE VILLAGE
ife is infinitely preferable to good looks." "You agree with me that the two are incompatible. I always say beauty is only sin deep." Amabel began to realise that the battle is not always to the strong-minded. With the immemorial resource of her sex, she abandoned the frontal attack, and laid stress on her unassisted labours in parish work, her mental loneliness, her discouragements--and at the right moment she produced strawberries and cream. Reginald was obviously affected by the latter, and when his preceptress suggested that he might begin the strenuous life by helping her to supervise the annual outing of the bucolic infants who composed the local choir, his eyes shone with the dangerous enthusiasm of a convert. Reginald entered on the strenuous life alone, as far as Amabel was concerned. The most virtuous women are not proof against damp grass, and Amabel kept her bed with a cold. Reginald called it a dispensation; it had been the dream of his life to stage-manage a choir outing. APPEARANCE A GOOD LIFE IS INFINITELY PREFERABLE TO GOOD LOOKS YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT THE TWO ARE INCOMPATIBLE I ALWAYS SAY BEAUTY IS ONLY SIN DEEP AMABEL BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT THE BATTLE IS NOT ALWAYS TO THE STRONG MINDED WITH THE IMMEMORIAL RESOURCE OF HER SEX SHE ABANDONED THE FRONTAL ATTACK AND LAID STRESS ON HER UNASSISTED LABOURS IN PARISH WORK HER MENTAL LONELINESS HER DISCOURAGEMENTS AND AT THE RIGHT MOMENT SHE PRODUCED STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM REGINALD WAS OBVIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE LATTER AND WHEN HIS PRECEPTRESS SUGGESTED THAT HE MIGHT BEGIN THE STRENUOUS LIFE BY HELPING HER TO SUPERVISE THE ANNUAL OUTING OF THE BUCOLIC INFANTS WHO COMPOSED THE LOCAL CHOIR HIS EYES SHONE WITH THE DANGEROUS ENTHUSIASM OF A CONVERT REGINALD ENTERED ON THE STRENUOUS LIFE ALONE AS FAR AS AMABEL WAS CONCERNED THE MOST VIRTUOUS WOMEN ARE NOT PROOF AGAINST DAMP GRASS AND AMABEL KEPT TO HER BED WITH A COLD REGINALD CALLED IT A DISPENSATION IT HAD BEEN THE DREAM OF HIS LIFE TO STAGE MANAGE A CHOIR OUTING
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