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"You are," said Noah, "but you take after Mrs. Noah more than after me. Water never fazes a woman, and your delight in tubs is an essentially feminine trait. The first thing Mrs. Noah carried aboard was a laundry outfit, and then she went back for rugs and coats and all sorts of hand baggage. Gad, it makes me laugh to this day when I think of it! YOU ARE SAID NOAH BUT YOU TAKE AFTER MISSUS NOAH MORE THAN AFTER ME WATER NEVER PHASES A WOMAN AND YOUR DELIGHT IN TUBS IS AN ESSENTIALLY FEMININE TRAIT THE FIRST THING MISSUS NOAH CARRIED ABOARD WAS A LAUNDRY OUTFIT AND THEN SHE WENT BACK FOR RUGS AND COATS AND ALL SORTS OF HAND BAGGAGE GOD IT MAKES ME LAUGH TO THIS DAY WHEN I THINK OF IT
ton, with an angry gesture at Bonaparte. “You weren’t within telephoning distance of victory all day. We simply played with you, my boy. It was a regular game of golf for us. We let you keep up pretty close and win a few holes, but on the home drive we had you beaten in one stroke. Go to, my dear Bonaparte, and stop talking about the flood.” “It’s a lucky thing for us that Noah wasn’t a Frenchman, eh?” said Frederick the Great. “How that rain would have fazed him if he had been! The human race would have been wiped out.” “Oh, pshaw!” ejaculated Noah, deprecating the unseemliness of the quarrel, and putting his arm affectionately about Bonaparte’s shoulder. “When you come down to that, I was French—as French as one could be in those days—and these Gallic subjects of my friend here were, every one of ’em, my lineal descendants, and their hatred of rain was inherited directly from me, their ancestor.” “Are not we English as much your descendants?” queried Wellington, arching his eyebrows. T AS FUNNY AS PUNCH ISN'T DRAWLED WELLINGTON WITH AN ANGRY GESTURE AT BONAPARTE YOU WEREN'T WITHIN TELEPHONING DISTANCE AT VICTORY ALL DAY WE SIMPLY PLAYED WITH YOU MY BOY TWAS A REGULAR GAME OF GOLD FOR US WE LET YOU KEEP UP PRETTY CLOSE AND WIN A FEW HOLES BUT ON THE HOME DRIVE WE HAD TO BEATEN IN ONE STROKE GO TO MY DEAR BONAPARTE AND STOP TALKING ABOUT THE FLOOD IT'S A LUCKY THING FOR US THAT NOAH WASN'T A FRENCHMAN EH SAID FREDERICK THE GREAT HOW THAT RAIN WOULD HAVE BATHED HIM IF HE HAD BEEN THE HUMAN RACE WOULD HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT OH PSHAW EJACULATED NOAH DEPRECATING THE UNSEEMLINESS OF THE QUARREL AND PUTTING HIS ARM AFFECTIONATELY ABOUT BONAPARTE'S SHOULDER WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO THAT I WAS FRENCH AS FRENCH AS ONE COULD BE IN THOSE DAYS AND THESE GALLIC SUBJECTS OF MY FRIEND HERE WERE EVERY ONE OF EM MY LINEAL DESCENDANTS AND THEIR HATRED OF VRAIN WAS INHERITED DIRECTLY FROM ME THEIR ANCESTOR ARE NOT WE ENGLISH AS MUCH YOU WILL DISMEND IT QUERIED WELLINGTON ARCHING HIS EYEBROWS
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