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"Had I not done so, a week hence we should, every one of us, have been lost in the surging wickedness of the city of Paris." HAD I NOT DONE SO A WEEK HENCE WE SHOULD EVERY ONE OF US HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE SURGING WICKEDNESS OF THE CITY OF PARIS
utable to you than the invention of the telephone or the oyster cocktail is attributable to your husband.” “Thank you kindly,” murmured the old lady, and she resumed her knitting upon a phantom tam-o’-shanter, which she was making as a Christmas surprise for her husband. “When Captain Kidd began his story,” said Cassandra, “he made one very bad mistake, and yet one which was prompted by that courtesy which all men instinctively adopt when addressing women. When he entered the room he removed his hat, and therein lay his fatal error, if he wished to convince me of the truth of his story, for with his hat removed I could see the workings of his mind. While you ladies were watching his lips or his eyes, some of you taking in the gorgeous details of his dress, all of you hanging upon his every word, I kept my eye fixed firmly upon his imagination, and I saw, what you did not, _that he was drawing wholly upon that_!” “How extraordinary!” cried Elizabeth. “Yes—and fortunate,” said Cassandra. N THE SCIENCE OF CRIME ARE NO MORE ATTRIBUTABLE TO YOU THAN THE INVENTION OF THE TELEPHONE OR THE OYSTER COCKTAIL IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO YOUR HUSBAND THANK YOU KINDLY MURMURED THE OLD LADY AND SHE RESUMED HER KNITTING UPON A PHANTOM TAM O SHANTER WHICH SHE WAS MAKING AS A CHRISTMAS SURPRISE FOR HER HUSBAND WHEN CAPTAIN KID BEGAN HIS STORY SAID CASSANDRA HE MADE ONE VERY BAD MISTAKE AND YET ONE WHICH WAS PROMPTED BY THAT COURTESY WHICH ALL MEN INSTINCTIVELY ADOPT WHEN ADDRESSING WOMEN WHEN HE ENTERED THE ROOM HE REMOVED HIS HAT AND THEREIN LAY HIS FATAL ERROR IF HE WISHED TO CONVINCE ME OF THE TRUTH OF HIS STORY FOR WITH HIS HAT REMOVED I COULD SEE THE WORKINGS OF HIS MIND WHILE YOU LADIES WERE WATCHING HIS LIPS OR HIS EYES SOME OF YOU TAKING IN THE GORGEOUS DETAILS OF HIS DRESS ALL OF YOU HANGING UPON HIS EVERY WORD I KEPT MY EYE FIXED FIRMLY UPON HIS IMAGINATION AND I SAW WHAT YOU DID NOT THAT HE WAS DRAWING WHOLLY UPON THAT HOW EXTRAORDINARY CRIED ELIZABETH YES UNFORTUNATE SAID CASSANDRA
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