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English
1868
When the liqueurs began to take effect, she started to give them imitations of farmyard animals as they know them in Bermondsey. She began with a dancing bear, and you know Agatha doesn't approve of dancing, except at Buckingham Palace under proper supervision. WHEN THE LIQUORS BEGAN TO TAKE EFFECT SHE STARTED TO GIVE THEM IMITATIONS OF FARMYARD ANIMALS AS THEY KNOW THEM IN BURMOUNSEY SHE BEGAN WITH A DANCING BEAR AND YOU KNOW AGATHA DOESN'T APPROVE OF DANCING EXCEPT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE UNDER PROPER SUPERVISION
s a sport. With her, I suppose, it was. She belonged to the Guild of the Poor Dear Souls, and they hold the record for having nearly reformed a washerwoman. No one has ever really reformed a washerwoman, and that is why the competition is so keen. You can rescue charwomen by fifties with a little tea and personal magnetism, but with washerwomen it's different; wages are too high. This particular laundress, who came from Bermondsey or some such place, was really rather a hopeful venture, and they thought at last that she might be safely put in the window as a specimen of successful work. So they had her paraded at a drawing-room "At Home" at Agatha Camelford's; it was sheer bad luck that some liqueur chocolates had been turned loose by mistake among the refreshments--really liqueur chocolates, with very little chocolate. And of course the old soul found them out, and cornered the entire stock. It was like finding a whelk- stall in a desert, as she afterwards partially expressed herself. TE AS SERIOUSLY AS IF IT WAS A SPORT WITH HER I SUPPOSE IT WAS SHE BELONGED TO THE GUILD OF THE POOR DEAR SOULS AND THEY HOLD THE RECORD FOR HAVING NEARLY REFORMED A WASHERWOMAN NO ONE HAS EVER REALLY REFORMED A WASHERWOMAN AND THAT IS WHY THE COMPETITION IS SO KEEN YOU CAN RESCUE CHAR WOMEN BY FIFTIES WITH A LITTLE TEA AND PERSONAL MAGNETISM BUT WITH WASHERWOMEN IT'S DIFFERENT WAGES ARE TOO HIGH THIS PARTICULAR LAUNDRESS WHO CAME FROM BERMONDSEY OR SOME SUCH PLACE WAS REALLY RATHER A HOPEFUL VENTURE AND THEY THOUGHT AT LAST THAT SHE MIGHT BE SAFELY PUT IN THE WINDOW AS A SPECIMEN OF SUCCESSFUL WORK SO THEY HAD HER PARADED AT A DRAWING ROOM AT HOME AT AGATHA CAMPELFORD'S IT WAS SHEER BAD LUCK THAT SIMILCURE CHOCOLATES HAD BEEN TURNED LOOSE BY MISTAKE AMONG THE REFRESHMENTS REALLY LIQUEUR CHOCOLATES WITH VERY LITTLE CHOCOLATE AND OF COURSE THE OLD SOUL FOUND THEM OUT AND CORNERED THE ENTIRE STOCK IT WAS LIKE FINDING A WHELK STALL IN A DESERT AS SHE AFTERWARDS PARTIALLY EXPRESSED HERSELF
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