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Of course I accept the Imperial idea and the responsibility. After all, I would just as soon think in Continents as anywhere else. OF COURSE I ACCEPT THE IMPERIAL IDEA AND THE RESPONSIBILITY AFTER ALL I WOULD JUST AS SOON THINK IN COUNTENANCE AS ANYWHERE ELSE
ctrine?" "I think it decidedly premature; in most people I know the process is far from complete." "And equally of course you are quite irreligious?" "Oh, by no means. The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience: you get the mediaeval picturesqueness of the one with the modern conveniences of the other." The Duchess suppressed a sniff. She was one of those people who regard the Church of England with patronising affection, as if it were something that had grown up in their kitchen garden. "But there are other things," she continued, "which I suppose are to a certain extent sacred even to you. Patriotism, for instance, and Empire, and Imperial responsibility, and blood-is-thicker-than-water, and all that sort of thing." Reginald waited for a couple of minutes before replying, while the Lord of Rimini temporarily monopolised the acoustic possibilities of the theatre. "That is the worst of a tragedy," he observed, "one can't always hear oneself talk. E OF COURSE YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THAT DOCTRINE I THINK IT DECIDEDLY PREMATURE IN MOST PEOPLE I KNOW THE PROCESS IS FAR FROM COMPLETE AND EQUALLY OF COURSE YOU ARE QUITE IRRELIGIOUS OH BY NO MEANS THE FASHION JUST NOW IS A ROMAN CATHOLIC FRAME OF MIND WITH AN AGNOSTIC CONSCIENCE YOU GET THE MEDIAEVAL PICTURESQUENESS OF THE ONE WITH THE MODERN CONVENIENCES OF THE OTHER THE DUCHESS SUPPRESSED A SNIFF SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO REGARD THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND WITH PATRONIZING AFFECTION AS IF IT WERE SOMETHING THAT HAD GROWN UP IN THEIR KITCHEN GARDEN BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS SHE CONTINUED WHICH I SUPPOSE ARE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT SACRED EVEN TO YOU PATRIOTISM FOR INSTANCE AND EMPIRE AND IMPERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING REGINALD WAITED FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE REPLYING WHILE THE LORD OF REMEDY TEMPORARILY MONOPOLIZED THE ACOUSTIC POSSIBILITIES OF THE THEATER THAT IS THE WORST OF A TRAGEDY HE OBSERVED ONE CAN'T ALWAYS HEAR ONE'S SELF TALK
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