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English
1868
There you have the material for a tragedy drawn straight from life  and the piece could be called 'The Price They Paid for Empire.' THERE YOU HAVE THE MATERIAL FOR A TRAGEDY DRAWN STRAIGHT FROM LIFE AND THE PEACE COULD BE CALLED THE PRICE THEY PAID FOR EMPIRE
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. 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. Agatha is trying the Rest-cure at Buxton." "But the tragedy?" "Oh, the Mudge-Jervises. Well, they were getting along quite happily, and their married life was one continuous exchange of picture-postcards; and then one day they were thrown together on some neutral ground where foursomes and washerwomen overlapped, and discovered that they were hopelessly divided on the Fiscal Question. They have thought it best to separate, and she is to have the custody of the Persian kittens for nine months in the year--they go back to him for the winter, when she is abroad.  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 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 AGATHA IS TRYING THE REST CURE AT BUXTON BUT THE TRAGEDY OH THE MUDGE JARVISES WELL THEY WERE GETTING ALONG QUITE HAPPILY AND THEIR MARRIED LIFE WAS ONE CONTINUOUS EXCHANGE OF PICTURE POST CARDS AND THEN ONE THEY WERE THROWN TOGETHER ON SOME NEUTRAL GROUND WHERE FORTUNES AND WASHER WOMEN OVERLAPPED AND DISCOVERED THAT THEY WERE HOPELESSLY DIVIDED ON THE FISCAL QUESTION THEY HAVE THOUGHT IT BEST TO SEPARATE AND SHE IS TO HAVE THE CUSTODY OF THE PERSIAN KITTENS FOR NINE MONTHS IN THE YEAR THEY GO BACK TO HIM FOR THE WINTER WHEN SHE IS ABROAD
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