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Seffy had been absorbed in what he was going to wear. "Yas  yas  that's the most important." He encircled Seffy's waist and gently squeezed it. "Oh, of _course_! Hah? But what _yit_?" I regret to say that Seffy did not understand. SEFFIE HAD BEEN ABSORBED IN WHAT HE WAS GOING TO WEAR YAS YES THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT HE ENCIRCLED SEPPY'S WAIST AND GENTLY SQUEEZED IT OH OF COURSE HA BUT WHAT YET I REGRET THAT SAPPIE DID NOT UNDERSTAND
nto his determined face. For it must be explained that the stovepipe hat, in that day and that country, was dedicated only to the most momentous social occasions and that, consequently, gentlemen wore it to go courting. "Yes!" declared Seffy again. "Bring forth the stovepipe, The stovepipe, the stovepipe--" chanted Seffy's frivolous father in the way of the Anvil Chorus. "And my butterfly necktie with--" "Wiss the di'mond on?" whispered his father. They laughed in confidence of their secret. Seffy, the successful wooer, was thawing out again. The diamond was not a diamond at all--the Hebrew who sold it to Seffy had confessed as much. But he also swore that if it were kept in perfect polish no one but a diamond merchant could tell the difference. Therefore, there being no diamond merchant anywhere near, and the jewel being always immaculate, Seffy presented it as a diamond and had risen perceptibly in the opinion of the vicinage. "And--and--and--Sef--Seffy, what you goin' to _do_?" "Do? FFLESH FACING HIM ABOUT THAT HE MIGHT LOOK INTO HIS DETERMINED FACE IT MUST BE EXPLAINED THAT THE STOVEPIPE HAT IN THAT DAY IN THAT COUNTRY WAS DEDICATED ONLY TO THE MOST MOMENTOUS SOCIAL OCCASIONS AND THAT CONSEQUENTLY GENTLEMEN WORE IT TO GO COURTING YES DECLARED SEFFIE AGAIN BRINGING FORTH THE STOVEPIPE THE STOVEPIPE THE STOPE PIPE CHANTED SEFFIE'S FRIVOLOUS FATHER IN THE WAY OF THE ANVIL CHORUS AND MY BUTTERFLY NICK TIE WITH IS IT DIAMOND WHISPERED HIS FATHER THEY LAUGHED IN CONFIDENCE OF THEIR SECRET SEFFIE THE SUCCESSFUL WOOER WAS THAWING OUT AGAIN THE DIAMOND WAS NOT A DIAMOND AT ALL THE HEBREW WHO SOLD IT TO SEFFIE HAD CONFESSED AS MUCH BUT HE ALSO SWORE THAT IF IT WERE KEPT IN PERFECT POLISH NO ONE BUT A DIAMOND MERCHANT COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE THEREFORE THERE BEING NO DIAMOND MERCHANT ANYWHERE NEARER AND THE JEWEL BEING ALWAYS IMMACULATE SEFFIE PRESENTED IT AS A DIAMOND AND HAD RISEN PERCEPTIBLY IN THE OPINION OF THE VICINAGE AND AND MISS SEVESEPPY WHATCH YOU GOING TO DO DO
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