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English
1868
And of course one would have to work in studies of the struggle of hereditary tendency against environment and all that sort of thing. The woman's father could have been an Envoy to some of the smaller German Courts; that's where she'd get her passion for visiting the poor, in spite of the most careful upbringing. _C'est le premier pa qui compte_, as the cuckoo said when it swallowed its foster parent. That, I think, is quite clever." "And the wolves?" AND OF COURSE ONE WOULD HAVE TO WORK IN STUDIES AT THE STRUGGLE OF HEREDITARY TENDENCY AGAINST ENVIRONMENT AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING THE WOMAN'S FATHER COULD HAVE BEEN AN ENVOY TO SOME OF THE SMALLER GERMAN COURTS THAT'S WHERE SHE'D GET HER PASSION FOR VISITING THE POOR IN SPITE OF THE MOST CAREFUL UPBRINGING SE LE PREMIA PARTICOMTE AS THE CUCKOO SAID WHEN IT SWALLOWED ITS FOSTER PARENT THAT I THINK IS QUITE CLEVER AND THE WOLVES
han 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. There you have the material for a tragedy drawn straight from life--and the piece could be called 'The Price They Paid for Empire. E 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 THERE YOU HAVE THE MATERIAL FOR A TRAGEDY DRAWN STRAIGHT FROM LIFE AND THE PEACE COULD BE CALLED THE PRICE THEY PAID FOR EMPIRE
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