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"Excuse me, your Majesty," put in Xanthippe. "You said that before, and I must say it is getting tiresome. You couldn't do anything with an axe. Suppose you had one. What earthly good would it do you, who were accustomed to doing all your killing by proxy? EXCUSE ME YOUR MAJESTY PUT IN SAN THIBBY YOU SAID THAT BEFORE AND I MUST SAY IT'S GETTING TIRESOME YOU COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH AN AXE SUPPOSE YOU HAD ONE WHAT EARTHLY GOOD WOULD IT DO YOU WHO WERE ACCUSTOMED TO DOING ALL YOUR KILLING BY PROXY
. “Let us below; but oh, for the axe!” “Bring the lady an axe,” cried Xanthippe, sarcastically. “She wants to cut somebody.” The sally was not greeted with applause. The situation was regarded as being too serious to admit of humor, and in silence they filed back into the billiard-room, and, arranging themselves in groups, stood about anxiously discussing the situation. “It’s getting rougher every minute,” sobbed Ophelia. “Look at those pool-balls!” These were in very truth chasing each other about the table in an extraordinary fashion. “And I wish I’d never followed you horrid new creatures on board!” the poor girl added, in an agony of despair. “I believe we’ve crossed the bar already!” said Cleopatra, gazing out of the window at a nasty choppy sea that was adding somewhat to the disquietude of the fair gathering. “If this is merely a joke on the part of the Associated Shades, it is a mighty poor one, and I think it is time it should cease.” “Oh, for an axe!” moaned Elizabeth, again. EARER HAD SUDDENLY DONNED A SOMBRERO VERY WELL SHE SAID LET US BELOW BUT OH FOR THE AXE BRING THE LADY AN AXE CRIED SANTA SARCASTICALLY SHE WANTS TO CUT SOMEBODY THE SALLY WAS NOT GREETED WITH APPLAUSE THE SITUATION WAS REGARDED AS BEING TOO SERIOUS TO ADMIT OF HUMOUR AND IN SILENCE THEY FILED BACK INTO THE BILLIARD ROOM AND ARRANGING THEMSELVES IN GROUPS STOOD ABOUT ANXIOUSLY DISCUSSING THE SITUATION IT'S GETTING ROUGHER EVERY MINUTE SOBBED OPHELIA LOOK AT THOSE POOL WALLS THESE WERE IN VERY TRUTH CHASING EACH OTHER ABOUT THE TABLE IN AN EXTRAORDINARY FASHION AND I WISH I'D NEVER FOLLOWED YOU HORRID NEW CREATURES ON BOARD THE POOR GIRL ADDED IN AN AGONY OF DESPAIR I BELIEVE WE'VE CROSSED THE BAR ALREADY SAID CLEOPATRA GAZING OUT THE WINDOW AT A NASTY CHOPPY SEA THAT WAS ADDING SOMEWHAT TO THE DISQUIETUDE OF THE FAIR GATHERING IF THIS IS MERELY A JOKE ON THE PART OF THE ASSOCIATED SHADES IT IS A MIGHTY POOR ONE AND I THINK IT IS TIME IT SHOULD CEASE OH FOR AN AXE MOANED ELIZABETH AGAIN
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