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There's that Haggage woman  speech making through the country like a hiatused politician. It may be philanthropic, but it ain't ladylike  no, begad! What has she got to do with Juvenile Courts and child labour in the South, I'd like to know? THERE'S THAT HAGGAGE WOMAN SPEECH MAKING THROUGH THE COUNTRY LIKE A HIGHATIST POLITICIAN IT MAY BE PHILANTHROPIC BUT IT AIN'T LADYLIKE NO BEGAD WHAT HAS SHE GOT TO DO WITH JUVENILE COURTS AND CHILD LABOUR IN THE SOUTH I'D LIKE TO KNOW
of her throat, as most of our women's voices do, but from her chest; and I protest it had the timbre of a violin. Men, hearing her voice for the first time, were wont to stare at her a little and afterward to close their hands slowly, for always its modulations had the tonic sadness of distant music, and it thrilled you to much the same magnanimity and yearning, cloudily conceived; and yet you could not but smile in spite of yourself at the quaint emphasis fluttering through her speech and pouncing for the most part on the unlikeliest word in the whole sentence. But I fancy the Colonel must have been tone-deaf. "Don't you make phrases for me!" he snorted; "you keep 'em for your menagerie Think! By gad, the world never thinks. I believe the world deliberately reads the six bestselling books in order to incapacitate itself for thinking." Then, his wrath gathering emphasis as he went on: "The longer I live the plainer I see Shakespeare was right--what fools these mortals be, and all that. E IT CAME NOT FROM THE BACK OF HER THROAT AS MOST OF OUR WOMEN'S VOICES DO BUT FROM HER CHEST AND I PROTEST TO HAD THE TIMBRE OF A VIOLIN MEN HEARING HER VOICE FOR THE FIRST TIME WERE WONT TO STARE AT HER A LITTLE AND AFTERWARD TO CLOSE THEIR HANDS SLOWLY FOR ALWAYS ITS MODULATIONS HAD THE TONIC SADNESS OF DISTANT MUSIC AND IT THRILLED YOU TO MUCH THE SAME MAGNANIMITY AND YEARNING CLOUDILY CONCEIVED AND YET YOU COULD NOT BUT SMILE IN SPITE OF YOURSELF AT THE QUAINT EMPHASIS FLUTTERING THROUGH HER SPEECH AND POUNCING FOR THE MOST PART ON THE UNLIKELIEST WORD IN THE WHOLE SENTENCE BUT I FANCY THE COLONEL MUST HAVE BEEN TONE DEAF DON'T YOU MAKE PHRASES FOR ME HE SNORTED YOU KEEP EM FOR YOUR MENAGERIE THINK BY GAD THE WORLD NEVER THINKS I BELIEVE THE WORLD DELIBERATELY READS THE SIX BEST SELLING BOOKS IN ORDER TO INCAPACITATE ITSELF FOR THINKING THEN HIS WRATH GATHERING EMPHASIS AS HE WENT ON THE LONGER I LIVE THE PLAINER I SEE SHAKESPEARE WAS RIGHT WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE AND ALL THAT
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