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English
1868
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." 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
under-things for the winter. I used to listen to him with a rapt attention that I thought rather suited me, and then one day I quite modestly gave the dimensions of an okapi I had shot in the Lincolnshire fens. The Major turned a beautiful Tyrian scarlet (I remember thinking at the time that I should like my bathroom hung in that colour), and I think that at that moment he almost found it in his heart to dislike me. Mrs. Babwold put on a first-aid-to-the-injured expression, and asked him why he didn't publish a book of his sporting reminiscences; it would be _so_ interesting. She didn't remember till afterwards that he had given her two fat volumes on the subject, with his portrait and autograph as a frontispiece and an appendix on the habits of the Arctic mussel. It was in the evening that we cast aside the cares and distractions of the day and really lived. Cards 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. E THEM WARM UNDER THINGS FOR THE WINTER I USED TO LISTEN TO HIM WITH A RAPT ATTENTION THAT I THOUGHT RATHER SUITED ME AND THEN ONE DAY I QUITE MODESTLY GAVE THE DIMENSIONS OF A NEW CARPE I HAD SHOT IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE FENS THE MAJOR TURNED A BEAUTIFUL TYRIAN SCARLET I REMEMBER THINKING AT THE TIME THAT I SHOULD LIKE MY BATHROOM HUNG IN THAT COLOR AND I THINK THAT AT THAT MOMENT HE ALMOST FOUND IT IN HIS HEART TO DISLIKE ME MISSUS BABWOLDT PUT ON A FIRST AID TO THE INJURED EXPRESSION AND ASKED HIM WHY HE DIDN'T PUBLISH A BOOK OF HIS SPORTING REMINISCENCES IT WOULD BE SO INTERESTING SHE DIDN'T REMEMBER TILL AFTERWARDS THAT HE HAD GIVEN HER TWO FAT VOLUMES ON THE SUBJECT WITH HIS PORTRAIT AND AUTOGRAPH AS A FRONTISPIECE AND AN APPENDIX ON THE HABITS OF THE ARCTIC MUSCLE IT WAS IN THE EVENING THAT WE CAST ASIDE THE CARES AND DISTRACTIONS OF THE DAY AND REALLY LIVED CARDS 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
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