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"Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me," said Reginald: "they remind me of one's childhood that one goes through, wondering what the next course is going to be like  and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d'oeuvres. HORS D'OEUVRES HAVE ALWAYS A PATHETIC INTEREST FOR ME SAID REGINALD THEY REMIND ME OF ONE'S CHILDHOOD THAT ONE GOES THROUGH WONDERING WHAT THE NEXT COURSE IS GOING TO BE LIKE AND DURING THE REST OF THE MENU ONE WISHES ONE HAD EATEN MORE OF THE HORS D'OEUVRES
t their having acted according to their lights. It is dreadful to think that other people's grandchildren may one day rise up and call one amiable. There are moments when one sympathises with Herod. REGINALD AT THE CARLTON "A most variable climate," said the Duchess; "and how unfortunate that we should have had that very cold weather at a time when coal was so dear! So distressing for the poor." "Someone has observed that Providence is always on the side of the big dividends," remarked Reginald. The Duchess ate an anchovy in a shocked manner; she was sufficiently old- fashioned to dislike irreverence towards dividends. Reginald had left the selection of a feeding-ground to her womanly intuition, but he chose the wine himself, knowing that womanly intuition stops short at claret. A woman will cheerfully choose husbands for her less attractive friends, or take sides in a political controversy without the least knowledge of the issues involved--but no woman ever cheerfully chose a claret. S IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIVERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERPOX DOT ORG THIS READING BY JASON'S ANTHOPOLIS REGINALD BY SAKI REGINALD AT THE CARLTON REGINALD AT THE CARLTON A MOST VARIABLE CLIMATE SAID THE DUCHESS AND HOW UNFORTUNATE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT VERY COLD WEATHER AT A TIME WHEN COAL WAS SO DEAR SO DISTRESSING FOR THE POOR SOMEONE HAS OBSERVED THAT PROVIDENCE IS ALWAYS ON THE SIDE OF THE BIG DIVIDENDS REMARKED REGINALD THE DUCHESS ATE AN ANCHOVY IN A SHOCKED MANNER SHE WAS SUFFICIENTLY OLD FASHIONED TO DISLIKE IRREVERENCE TOWARDS DIVIDENDS REGINALD HAD LEFT THE SELECTION OF A FEEDING GROUND TO HER WOMANLY INTUITION BUT HE CHOSE THE WINE HIMSELF KNOWING THAT WOMANLY INTUITION STOPPED SHORT AT CLARET A WOMAN WILL CHEERFULLY CHOOSE HUSBANDS FOR HER LESS ATTRACTIVE FRIENDS OR TAKE SIDES IN A POLITICAL CONTROVERSY WITHOUT THE LEAST KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED BUT NO WOMAN EVER CHEERFULLY CHOSE A CLARET
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