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"Your cousin is discussing _Zaza_ with the Archdeacon's wife; at least, he is discussing, she is ordering her carriage." She spoke in the dry, staccato tone of one who repeats a French exercise, and I knew that as far as Millie McKillop was concerned, Wumples was devoted to a lifelong celibacy. YOUR COUSIN IS DISCUSSING ZAZA WITH THE ARCHDEACON'S WIFE AT LEAST HE IS DISCUSSING SHE IS ORDERING HER CARRIAGE SHE SPOKE IN THE DRY STACCATO TONE OF ONE WHO REPEATS A FRENCH EXERCISE AND I KNEW THAT AS FAR AS MILLIE MC KILLOP WAS CONCERNED WUMPLES WAS DEVOTED TO A LIFELONG CELIBACY
d, "fancy admitting such a thing! Such a give-away for one's age! I wouldn't admit being on this planet in '76." (Reginald in his wildest lapses into veracity never admits to being more than twenty-two.) The Colonel went to the colour of a fig that has attained great ripeness, and Reginald, ignoring my efforts to intercept him, glided away to another part of the lawn. I found him a few minutes later happily engaged in teaching the youngest Rampage boy the approved theory of mixing absinthe, within full earshot of his mother. Mrs. Rampage occupies a prominent place in local Temperance movements. As soon as I had broken up this unpromising _tete-a-tete_ and settled Reginald where he could watch the croquet players losing their tempers, I wandered off to find my hostess and renew the kitten negotiations at the point where they had been interrupted. I did not succeed in running her down at once, and eventually it was Mrs. McKillop who sought me out, and her conversation was not of kittens.  PURRED REGINALD FANCY ADMITTING SUCH A THING SUCH A GIVE AWAY FOR ONE'S AGE I WOULDN'T ADMIT BEING ON THIS PLANET IN SEVENTY SIX REGINALD IN HIS WILDEST LAPSES INTO VERACITY NEVER ADMITS TO BEING MORE THAN TWENTY TWO COLONEL WENT TO THE COLOR OF A FIG THAT HAS ATTAINED GREAT RIPENESS AND REGINALD IGNORING MY EFFORTS TO INTERCEPT HIM GLIDED AWAY TO ANOTHER PART OF THE LAWN I FOUND HIM A FEW MINUTES LATER HAPPILY ENGAGED IN TEACHING THE YOUNGEST RAMPAGE BOY THE APPROVED THEORY OF MIXING ABSINTHE WITHIN FULL EARSHOT OF HIS MOTHER MISSUS RAMPAGE OCCUPIES A PROMINENT PLACE IN LOCAL TEMPERANCE MOVEMENTS AS SOON AS I HAD BROKEN UP THIS UNPROMISING TETE A TETE AND SETTLED REGINALD WHERE HE COULD WATCH THE CROQUET PLAYERS LOSING THEIR TEMPERS I WANDERED OFF TO FIND MY HOSTESS AND RENEW THE KITTEN NEGOTIATIONS AT THE POINT WHERE THEY HAD BEEN INTERRUPTED I DID NOT SUCCEED IN RUNNING HER DOWN AT ONCE AND EVENTUALLY IT WAS MISSUS MC KILLOP WHO SOUGHT ME OUT AND HER CONVERSATION WAS NOT OF KITTENS
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