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as long as one is nice looking and sufficiently unusual to counterbalance some of the others; and there _are_ others  the girl, for instance, who reads Meredith, and appears at meals with unnatural punctuality in a frock that's made at home and repented at leisure. AS LONG AS ONE IS NICE LOOKING AND SUFFICIENTLY UNUSUAL TO COUNTERBALANCE SOME OF THE OTHERS AND THERE ARE OTHERS THE GIRL FOR INSTANCE WHO READS MEREDITH AND APPEARS AT MEALS WITH UNNATURAL PUNCTUALITY IN A FROCK THAT'S BEEN MADE AT HOME AND REPENTED AT LEISURE
 the next morning at early dawn--I know it was dawn, because there were lark-noises in the sky, and the grass looked as if it had been left out all night--and hunted up the most conspicuous thing in the bird line that I could find, and measured the distance, as nearly as it would let me, and shot away all I knew. They said afterwards that it was a tame bird; that's simply _silly_, because it was awfully wild at the first few shots. Afterwards it quieted down a bit, and when its legs had stopped waving farewells to the landscape I got a gardener-boy to drag it into the hall, where everybody must see it on their way to the breakfast-room. I breakfasted upstairs myself. I gathered afterwards that the meal was tinged with a very unchristian spirit. I suppose it's unlucky to bring peacock's feathers into a house; anyway, there was a blue-pencilly look in my hostess's eye when I took my departure. Some hostesses, of course, will forgive anything, even unto pavonicide (is there such a word?), THEY WERE TEASING IT SO I GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING AT EARLY DAWN I KNOW IT WAS DAWN BECAUSE THERE WERE LARK NOISES IN THE SKY AND THE GRASS LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BEEN LEFT OUT ALL NIGHT AND HUNTED UP THE MOST CONSPICUOUS THING IN THE BIRD LINE THAT I COULD FIND AND MEASURED THE DISTANCE AS NEARLY AS IT WOULD LET ME AND SHOT AWAY ALL I KNEW THEY SAID AFTERWARDS THAT IT WAS A TAME BIRD THAT'S SIMPLY SILLY BECAUSE IT WAS AWFULLY WILD AT THE FIRST FEW SHOTS AFTERWARDS IT QUIETED DOWN A BIT WHEN ITS LEGS HAD STOPPED WAVING FAREWELLS TO THE LANDSCAPE I GOT A GARDENER BOY TO DRAG IT INTO THE HALL WHERE EVERYBODY MUST SEE IT ON THEIR WAY TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM I BREAKFASTED UPSTAIRS MYSELF I GATHERED AFTERWARDS THAT THE MEAL WAS TINGED WITH A VERY UNCHRISTIAN SPIRIT I SUPPOSE IT'S UNLUCKY TO BRING PEACOCK'S FEATHERS INTO A HOUSE ANYWAY THERE WAS A BLUE PENCILLY LOOK IN MY HOSTESS'S EYE WHEN I TOOK MY DEPARTURE SOME HOSTESSES OF COURSE WILL FORGIVE ANYTHING EVEN UNTO PAVONICIDE IS THERE SUCH A WORD
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