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large/1868/reginald_0709_librivox_64kb_mp3/reginald_15_saki_64kb
English
1868
"Altogether, I think it would be rather a brilliant inspiration if you were to suggest a fortnight in Paris." ALTOGETHER I THINK IT WOULD BE RA RATHER A BRILLIANT INSPIRATION IF YOU WERE TO SUGGEST A FORTNIGHT IN PARIS
t affair in French. (I never can remember if it's a new submarine or a divorce. Of course, how stupid of me!) To be disagreeably exact, I fancy she missed him by about two inches--over-anxiousness, probably--but she likes to think she hit him. I've felt that way with a partridge which I always imagine keeps on flying strong, out of false pride, till it's the other side of the hedge. She said she could tell me everything she was wearing on the occasion. I said I didn't want my book to read like a laundry list, but she explained that she didn't mean those sort of things." "And there's the Chilworth boy, who can be charming as long as he's content to be stupid and wear what he's told to; but he gets the idea now and then that he'd like to be epigrammatic, and the result is like watching a rook trying to build a nest in a gale. Since he got wind of the book, he's been persecuting me to work in something of his about the Russians and the Yalu Peril, and is quite sulky because I won't do it. URSING ON THE GORDON BENNET AFFAIR IN FRENCH I NEVER CAN REMEMBER IF IT'S A NEW SUBMARINE OR A DIVORCE OF COURSE HOW STUPID OF ME TO BE DISAGREEABLY EXACT I FANCY SHE MISSED HIM BY ABOUT TWO INCHES OVER ANXIOUSNESS PROBABLY BUT SHE LIKES TO THINK SHE HIT HIM I FELT THAT WAY WITH THE PARTRIDGE WHICH I ALWAYS IMAGINE KEEPS ON FLYING STRONG OUT OF FALSE PRIDE TILL IT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEDGE SHE SAID SHE COULD TELL ME EVERYTHING SHE WAS WEARING ON THE OCCASION I SAID I DIDN'T WANT MY BOOK TO READ LIKE A LAUNDRY LIST BUT SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE DIDN'T MEAN THOSE SORT OF THINGS AND THERE'S THE CHILLWORTH BOY WHO CAN BE CHARMING AS LONG AS HE'S CONTENT TO BE STUPID AND WEAR WHAT HE'S TOLD TO BUT HE GETS THE IDEA NOW AND THEN THAT HE'D LIKE TO BE EPIGRAMMATIC AND THE RESULT IS LIKE WATCHING A ROOK TRYING TO BUILD A NEST IN A GALE SINCE HE GOT WIND OF THE BOOK HE'S BEEN PERSECUTING ME TO WORK IN SOMETHING OF HIS ABOUT THE RUSSIANS AND THE YALU PERIL AND IS QUITE SULKY BECAUSE I WON'T DO IT
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