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Among the papers left by one Charles Dickens  a novelist who is obsolete now because he "wallows naked in the pathetic" and was frequently guilty of a very vulgar sort of humour that actually made people laugh, which, as we now know, is not the purpose of humour  a novelist who incessantly "caricatured Nature" and by these inartistic and underhand methods created characters that are more real to us than the folk we jostle in the street and (God knows!) AMONG THE PAPERS LEFT BY ONE CHARLES DICKENS A NOVELIST WHO IS OBSOLETE NOW BECAUSE HE WALLOWS NAKED AND THE PATHETIC AND WAS FREQUENTLY GUILTY OF A VERY VULGAR SORT OF HUMOR THAT ACTUALLY MADE PEOPLE LAUGH WHICH AS WE NOW KNOW IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF HUMOUR A NOVELIST WHO INCESSANTLY CARICATURED NATURE AND BY THESE INARTISTIC AND UNDERHAND METHODS CREATED CHARACTERS THAT ARE MORE REAL TO US THAN THE FOLK WE JOSTLE IN THE STREET AND GOD KNOWS
ar of my not taking it! In case of necessity.' Bah!" said the Colonel, and shook his fist after the retreating carriages. "May they be qualified with such and such adjectives!" How happily she laughed! "And you're swearing at them!" she pouted. "Oh, my dear, my dear, how hard you are on all my little friends!" "Of course I am," said the Colonel, stoutly. "They've deprived me of the pleasure of despising 'em. It was worth double the money, I tell you! I never objected to any men quite so much. And now they've gone and behaved decently with the deliberate purpose of annoying me! Oh!" cried the Colonel, and shook an immaculate, withered old hand toward the spring sky, "may they be qualified with such and such adjectives!" And that, so far as we are concerned, was the end of Margaret's satellites. My dear Mrs. Grundy, may one point the somewhat obvious moral? I thank you, madam, for your long-suffering kindness. Permit me, then, to vault toward my moral over the shoulders of a greater man. L FERVENTLY THEY TRIED TO LEND ME MONEY WOULDN'T HEAR MY NOT TAKING IT IN CASE OF NECESSITY BAH SAID THE COLONEL AND SHOOK HIS FIST AFTER THE RETREATING CARRIAGES MAY THEY BE QUALIFIED WITH SUCH AND SUCH ADJECTIVES HOW HAPPILY SHE LAUGHED AND YOU'RE SWEARING AT THEM SHE POUTED OH MY DEAR MY DEAR HOW HARD YOU ARE ON ALL MY LITTLE FRIENDS OF COURSE I AM SAID THE COLONEL STOUTLY THEY'VE DEPRIVED ME OF THE PLEASURE OF DESPISING THEM IT WAS WORTH DOUBLE THE MONEY I TELL YOU I NEVER OBJECTED TO ANY MEN QUITE SO MUCH AND NOW THEY'VE GONE AND BEHAVED DECENTLY WITH THE DELIBERATE PURPOSE OF ANNOYING ME OH CRIED THE COLONEL AND SHOOK AN IMMACULATE WITHERED OLD HAND TOWARD THE SPRING SKY MAY THEY BE QUALIFIED WITH SUCH AND SUCH ADJECTIVES AND THAT SO FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED WAS THE END OF MARGARET'S SATELLITES MY DEAR MISSUS GRUNDY MAY ONE POINT THE SOMEWHAT OBVIOUS MORAL I THANK YOU MADAM FOR YOUR LONG SUFFERING KINDNESS PERMIT ME THEN TO VAULT TOWARD MY MORAL OVER THE SHOULDERS OF A GREATER MAN
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