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"Oh, well, 'dominion over palm and pine,' you know," quoted the Duchess hopefully; "of course we mustn't forget that we're all part of the great Anglo Saxon Empire." OH WELL DOMINION OVER PALM AND PINE YOU KNOW QUOTED THE DUCHESS HOPEFULLY OF COURSE WE MUSTN'T FORGET THAT WE'RE ALL PART OF THE GREAT ANGLO SAXON EMPIRE
pressed a sniff. She was one of those people who regard the Church of England with patronising affection, as if it were something that had grown up in their kitchen garden. "But there are other things," she continued, "which I suppose are to a certain extent sacred even to you. Patriotism, for instance, and Empire, and Imperial responsibility, and blood-is-thicker-than-water, and all that sort of thing." Reginald waited for a couple of minutes before replying, while the Lord of Rimini temporarily monopolised the acoustic possibilities of the theatre. "That is the worst of a tragedy," he observed, "one can't always hear oneself talk. Of course I accept the Imperial idea and the responsibility. After all, I would just as soon think in Continents as anywhere else. And some day, when the season is over and we have the time, you shall explain to me the exact blood-brotherhood and all that sort of thing that exists between a French Canadian and a mild Hindoo and a Yorkshireman, for instance. OF THE OTHER THE DUCHESS SUPPRESSED A SNIFF SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO REGARD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND WITH PATRONIZING AFFECTION AS IF IT WERE SOMETHING THAT HAD GROWN UP IN THEIR KITCHEN GARDEN BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS SHE CONTINUED WHICH I SUPPOSE ARE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT SACRED EVEN TO YOU PATRIOTISM FOR INSTANCE AND EMPIRE AND IMPERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING REGINALD WAITED FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE REPLYING WHILE THE LORD OF REMEDY TEMPORARILY MONOPOLIZED THE ACOUSTIC POSSIBILITIES OF THE THEATER THAT IS THE WORST OF A TRAGEDY HE OBSERVED ONE CAN'T ALWAYS HEAR ONE'S SELF TALK OF COURSE I ACCEPT THE IMPERIAL IDEA AND THE RESPONSIBILITY AFTER ALL I WOULD JUST AS SOON THINK IN COUNTENANCE AS ANYWHERE ELSE AND SOME DAY WHEN THE SEASON IS OVER AND WE HAVE THE TIME YOU SHALL EXPLAIN TO ME THE EXACT BLOOD BROTHERHOOD AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING THAT EXISTS BETWEEN A FRENCH CANADIAN AND A MILD HINDU AND A YORKSHIREMAN FOR INSTANCE
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