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It always interests me about Dickens to think how much first class work he did and how almost all of it was mixed up with every kind of cheap, second rate matter. IT ALWAYS INTERESTS ME ABOUT DICKENS TO THINK HOW MUCH FIRST CLASS WORK HE DID AND HOW ALMOST ALL OF IT WAS MIXED UP WITH EVERY KIND OF CHEAP SECOND RATE MATTER
hen we are out on the grounds, that we only catch glimpses of him zigzagging at full speed from one end of the place to the other. The kitchen cat and he have strained relations but have not yet come to open hostility. White House, Jan. 27, 1908. DEAR ARCHIE: Scamp is really a cunning little dog, but he takes such an extremely keen interest in hunting, and is so active, that when he is out on the grounds with us we merely catch glimpses of him as he flashes by. The other night after the Judicial Reception when we went up-stairs to supper the kitchen cat suddenly appeared parading down the hall with great friendliness, and was forthwith exiled to her proper home again. TOM PINCH White House, February 23, 1908. DEAREST KERMIT: I quite agree with you about Tom Pinch. He is a despicable kind of character; just the kind of character Dickens liked, because he had himself a thick streak of maudlin sentimentality of the kind that, as somebody phrased it, "made him wallow naked in the pathetic. OUNDS THAT WE ONLY CATCH GLIMPSES OF HIM ZIG ZAGGING AT FULL SPEED FROM ONE END OF THE PLACE TO THE OTHER THE KITCHEN CAT AND HE HAVE STRAINED RELATIONS BUT HAVE NOT YET COME TO OPEN HOSTILITY WHITE HOUSE JANUARY TWENTY SEVENTH NINETEEN O EIGHT DEAR ARCHY SCAMP IS REALLY A CUNNING LITTLE DOG BUT HE TAKES SUCH AN EXTREMELY KEEN INTEREST IN HUNTING AND IS SO ACTIVE THAT WHEN HE IS OUT ON THE GROUNDS WITH US WE MERELY CATCH GLIMPSES OF HIM AS HE FLASHES BY THE OTHER NIGHT AFTER THE JUDICIAL RECEPTION WHEN WE WENT UPSTAIRS TO SUPPER THE KITCHEN CAT SUDDENLY APPEARED PARADING DOWN THE HALL WITH GREAT FRIENDLINESS AND WAS FORTHWITH EXILED TO HER PROPER HOME AGAIN TOM PINCH WHITE HOUSE FEBRUARY TWENTY THIRD NINETEEN O EIGHT DEAREST KERMIT I QUITE AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT TOM PINCH HE IS A DESPICABLE KIND OF CHARACTER JUST THE KIND OF CHARACTER DICKENS LIKED BECAUSE HE HAD HIMSELF A THICK STREAK OF MAUDLIN SENTIMENTALITY OF THE KIND THAT AS SOMEBODY PHRASED IT MADE HIM WALLOW NAKED IN THE PATHETIC
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