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English
1868
It seems the leaflet was addressed "To those about to wobble"  I wasn't responsible for the silly title of the thing  and the woman never recovered; anyway, the voter was completely won over by the grapes and jellies, and I think that should have balanced matters. IT SEEMS THE LEAFLET WAS ADDRESSED TO THOSE ABOUT TO WABBLE I WASN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SILLY TITLE OF THE THING AND THE WOMAN NEVER RECOVERED ANYWAY THE VOTER WAS COMPLETELY WON OVER BY THE GRAPES AND JELLIES AND I THINK THAT SHOULD HAVE BALANCED MATTERS
d Yesterday her shades repose; To some election turn thy waning span And rain thy rottenness on fiscal foes." I thought there was enough suggestion of decay in that to satisfy a jackal, and to me there was something infinitely pathetic and appealing in the idea of the egg having a sort of St. Luke's summer of commercial usefulness. But the Duchess begged me to leave out any political allusions; she's the president of a Women's Something or other, and she said it might be taken as an endorsement of deplorable methods. I never can remember which Party Irene discourages with her support, but I shan't forget an occasion when I was staying at her place and she gave me a pamphlet to leave at the house of a doubtful voter, and some grapes and things for a woman who was suffering from a chill on the top of a patent medicine. I thought it much cleverer to give the grapes to the former and the political literature to the sick woman, and the Duchess was quite absurdly annoyed about it afterwards.  WHAT DEAD YESTERDAY HER SHADES REPOSE TO SOME ELECTION TURN THY WANING SPAN AND REIN THY ROTTENNESS ON FISCAL FOES I THOUGHT THERE WAS ENOUGH SUGGESTION OF DECAY IN THAT TO SATISFY A JACKAL AND TO ME THERE WAS SOMETHING INFINITELY PATHETIC AND APPEALING IN THE IDEA OF THE EGG HAVING A SORT OF SAINT LUKE'S SUMMER OF COMMERCIAL USEFULNESS BUT THE DUCHESS BEGGED ME TO LEAVE OUT ANY POLITICAL ALLUSIONS SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF A WOMAN'S SOMETHING OR OTHER AND SHE SAID IT MIGHT BE TAKEN AS AN ENDORSEMENT OF DEPLORABLE METHODS I NEVER CAN REMEMBER WHICH PARTY IRENELY DISCOURAGES WITH HER SUPPORT BUT I SHAN'T FORGET AN OCCASION WHEN I WAS STAYING AT HER PLACE AND SHE GAVE ME A PAMPHLET TO LEAVE AT THE HOUSE OF A DOUBTFUL VOTER AND SOME GRAPES AND THINGS FOR A WOMAN WHO WAS SUFFERING FROM A CHILL ON THE TOP OF A PATENT MEDICINE I THOUGHT IT MUCH CLEVERER TO GIVE THE GRAPES TO THE FORMER AND THE POLITICAL LITERATURE TO THE SICK WOMAN AND THE DUCHESS WAS QUITE ABSURDLY ANNOYED ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS
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