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English
1868
Finally, she fell into the piano and said she was a parrot in a cage, and for an impromptu performance I believe she was very word perfect; no one had heard anything like it, except Baroness Boobelstein who has attended sittings of the Austrian Reichsrath. FINALLY SHE FELL INTO THE PIANO AND SAID SHE WAS A PARROT IN A CAGE AND FOR AN IMPROMPTU PERFORMANCE I BELIEVE SHE WAS VERY WORD PERFECT NO ONE HAD HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT EXCEPT BARONESS BOLBESTEIN WHO HAS ATTENDED SITTINGS OF THE AUSTRIAN RICE ROUT
came from Bermondsey or some such place, was really rather a hopeful venture, and they thought at last that she might be safely put in the window as a specimen of successful work. So they had her paraded at a drawing-room "At Home" at Agatha Camelford's; it was sheer bad luck that some liqueur chocolates had been turned loose by mistake among the refreshments--really liqueur chocolates, with very little chocolate. And of course the old soul found them out, and cornered the entire stock. It was like finding a whelk- stall in a desert, as she afterwards partially expressed herself. When the liqueurs began to take effect, she started to give them imitations of farmyard animals as they know them in Bermondsey. She began with a dancing bear, and you know Agatha doesn't approve of dancing, except at Buckingham Palace under proper supervision. And then she got up on the piano and gave them an organ monkey; I gather she went in for realism rather than a Maeterlinckian treatment of the subject. RTICULAR LAUNDRESS WHO CAME FROM BERMONDSEY OR SOME SUCH PLACE WAS REALLY RATHER A HOPEFUL VENTURE AND THEY THOUGHT AT LAST THAT SHE MIGHT BE SAFELY PUT IN THE WINDOW AS A SPECIMEN OF SUCCESSFUL WORK SO THEY HAD HER PARADED AT A DRAWING ROOM AT HOME AT AGATHA CAMPELFORD'S IT WAS SHEER BAD LUCK THAT SIMILCURE CHOCOLATES HAD BEEN TURNED LOOSE BY MISTAKE AMONG THE REFRESHMENTS REALLY LIQUEUR CHOCOLATES WITH VERY LITTLE CHOCOLATE AND OF COURSE THE OLD SOUL FOUND THEM OUT AND CORNERED THE ENTIRE STOCK IT WAS LIKE FINDING A WHELK STALL IN A DESERT AS SHE AFTERWARDS PARTIALLY EXPRESSED HERSELF WHEN THE LIQUORS BEGAN TO TAKE EFFECT SHE STARTED TO GIVE THEM IMITATIONS OF FARMYARD ANIMALS AS THEY KNOW THEM IN BURMOUNSEY SHE BEGAN WITH A DANCING BEAR AND YOU KNOW AGATHA DOESN'T APPROVE OF DANCING EXCEPT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE UNDER PROPER SUPERVISION AND THEN SHE GOT UP ON THE PIANO AND GAVE THEM AN ORGAN MONKEY I GATHER SHE WENT IN FOR REALISM RATHER THAN A MATE A LYNCHIAN TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECT
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