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English
1868
"I never did like Kipling," was Mrs. Babwold's comment, when the situation dawned upon her. "I couldn't see anything clever in _Earthworms out of Tuscany_  or is that by Darwin?" Of course these games are very educational, but, personally, I prefer bridge. I NEVER DID LIKE KIPLING WAS MISSUS BABWELL'S COMMENT WHEN THE SITUATION DAWNED UPON HER I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING CLEVER IN EARTHWORMS OUT OF TUSCANY OR AS THAT BY DARWIN OF COURSE THESE GAMES ARE VERY EDUCATIONAL BUT PERSONALLY I PREFER BRIDGE
lous and empty a way of passing the time, so most of them played what they called a book game. You went out into the hall--to get an inspiration, I suppose--then you came in again with a muffler tied round your neck and looked silly, and the others were supposed to guess that you were "Wee MacGreegor." I held out against the inanity as long as I decently could, but at last, in a lapse of good-nature, I consented to masquerade as a book, only I warned them that it would take some time to carry out. They waited for the best part of forty minutes, while I went and played wineglass skittles with the page-boy in the pantry; you play it with a champagne cork, you know, and the one who knocks down the most glasses without breaking them wins. I won, with four unbroken out of seven; I think William suffered from over-anxiousness. They were rather mad in the drawing-room at my not having come back, and they weren't a bit pacified when I told them afterwards that I was "At the end of the passage. S WERE THOUGHT TO BE TOO FRIVOLOUS AND EMPTY A WAY OF PASSING THE TIME SO MOST OF THEM PLAYED WHAT THEY CALLED A BOOK GAME YOU WENT OUT INTO THE HALL TO GET AN INSPIRATION I SUPPOSE THEN YOU CAME IN AGAIN WITH A MUFFLER TIED ROUND YOUR NECK AND LOOKED SILLY AND THE OTHERS WERE SUPPOSED TO GUESS THAT YOU WERE WE MAGRIGOR I HELD OUT AGAINST THE INANITY AS LONG AS I DECENTLY COULD BUT AT LAST IN A LAPSE OF GOOD NATURE I CONSENTED TO MASQUERADE AS A BOOK ONLY I WARNED THEM THAT IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO CARRY OUT THEY WAITED FOR THE BEST PART OF FORTY MINUTES WHILE I WENT AND PLAYED WINEGLASS SKITTLES WITH THE PAGE BOY IN THE PANTRY YOU PLAY IT WITH THE CHAMPAGNE CORK YOU KNOW THE ONE WHO KNOCKS DOWN THE MOST GLASSES WITHOUT BREAKING THEM WINS I WON WITH FOUR UNBROKEN OUT OF SEVEN I THINK WILLIAM SUFFERED FROM OVER ANXIOUSNESS THEY WERE RATHER MAD IN THE DRAWING ROOM AT MY NOT HAVING COME BACK AND THEY WEREN'T A BIT PACIFIED WHEN I TOLD THEM AFTERWARDS THAT I WAS AT THE END OF THE PASSAGE
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