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'My liking for parties, George.' 'My fatal gift of humour, dearest.' 'My touchiness about trifles, dear master and mistress.' MY LIKING FOR PARTIES GEORGE MY FATAL GIFT OF YOU MY DEAREST MY TOUCHINESS ABOUT TRIFLES DEAR MASTER AND MISTRESS
mes of having a dog for a nurse.' She decided to roll the shadow up and put it away carefully in a drawer, until a fitting opportunity came for telling her husband. Ah me! The opportunity came a week later, on that never-to-be-forgotten Friday. Of course it was a Friday. 'I ought to have been specially careful on a Friday,' she used to say afterwards to her husband, while perhaps Nana was on the other side of her, holding her hand. 'No, no,' Mr. Darling always said, 'I am responsible for it all. I, George Darling, did it. _Mea culpa, mea culpa._' He had had a classical education. They sat thus night after night recalling that fatal Friday, till every detail of it was stamped on their brains and came through on the other side like the faces on a bad coinage. 'If only I had not accepted that invitation to dine at 27,' Mrs. Darling said. 'If only I had not poured my medicine into Nana's bowl,' said Mr. Darling. 'If only I had pretended to like the medicine,' was what Nana's wet eyes said. WHAT HE WOULD SAY IT ALL COMES OF HAVING A DOG FOR A NURSE SHE DECIDED TO ROLL THE SHADOW UP AND PUT IT AWAY CAREFULLY IN A DRAWER UNTIL A FITTING OPPORTUNITY CAME FOR TELLING HER HUSBAND AH ME THE OPPORTUNITY CAME A WEEK LATER ON THAT NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN FRIDAY OF COURSE IT WAS A FRIDAY I OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY CAREFUL ON A FRIDAY SHE USED TO SAY AFTERWARDS TO HER HUSBAND WHILE PERHAPS NANA WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HER HOLDING HER HAND NO NO MISTER DARLING ALWAYS SAID I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR IT ALL I GEORGE DARLING DID IT MAYOR CULPER MAYOR COPPER HE HAD HAD A CLASSICAL EDUCATION THEY SAT THUS NIGHT AFTER NIGHT RECALLING THAT FATAL FRIDAY TILL EVERY DETAIL OF IT WAS STAMPED ON THEIR BRAINS AND CAME THROUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE LIKE THE FACES ON A BAD COINAGE IF ONLY I'D NOT ACCEPTED THAT INVITATION TO DINE AT TWENTY SEVEN MISSUS DARLING SAID IF ONLY I'D NOT POURED MY MEDICINE INTO NANA'S BOWL SAID MISTER DARLING IF ONLY I'D PRETENDED TO LIKE THE MEDICINE WAS WHAT NANA'S WET EYE SAID
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