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English
1868
"And there's the Chilworth boy, who can be charming as long as he's content to be stupid and wear what he's told to; but he gets the idea now and then that he'd like to be epigrammatic, and the result is like watching a rook trying to build a nest in a gale. AND THERE'S THE CHILLWORTH BOY WHO CAN BE CHARMING AS LONG AS HE'S CONTENT TO BE STUPID AND WEAR WHAT HE'S TOLD TO BUT HE GETS THE IDEA NOW AND THEN THAT HE'D LIKE TO BE EPIGRAMMATIC AND THE RESULT IS LIKE WATCHING A ROOK TRYING TO BUILD A NEST IN A GALE
ible. Well, she's on quite a different tack to the Klopstock. She doesn't visit anywhere very extensively, and, of course, she's awfully keen for me to drag in an incident that occurred at one of the Beauwhistle garden-parties, when she says she accidentally hit the shins of a Serene Somebody or other with a croquet mallet and that he swore at her in German. As a matter of fact, he went on discoursing on the Gordon-Bennett affair in French. (I never can remember if it's a new submarine or a divorce. Of course, how stupid of me!) To be disagreeably exact, I fancy she missed him by about two inches--over-anxiousness, probably--but she likes to think she hit him. I've felt that way with a partridge which I always imagine keeps on flying strong, out of false pride, till it's the other side of the hedge. She said she could tell me everything she was wearing on the occasion. I said I didn't want my book to read like a laundry list, but she explained that she didn't mean those sort of things. AT THE MOMENT WAS INCONTROVERTIBLE WELL SHE'S ON QUITE A DIFFERENT TACK TO THE CLUBSTOCK SHE DOESN'T VISIT ANYWHERE VERY EXTENSIVELY AND OF COURSE SHE'S AWFULLY KEEN FOR ME TO DRAG IN AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT ONE OF THE BEAUFICLE GARDEN PARTIES WHEN SHE SAYS SHE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE SHINS OF A SERENE SOMEBODY OR OTHER WITH A CROQUET MALLET AND THAT HE SWORE AT HER IN GERMAN AS A MATTER OF FACT HE WENT ON DISCOURSING ON THE GORDON BENNET AFFAIR IN FRENCH I NEVER CAN REMEMBER IF IT'S A NEW SUBMARINE OR A DIVORCE OF COURSE HOW STUPID OF ME TO BE DISAGREEABLY EXACT I FANCY SHE MISSED HIM BY ABOUT TWO INCHES OVER ANXIOUSNESS PROBABLY BUT SHE LIKES TO THINK SHE HIT HIM I FELT THAT WAY WITH THE PARTRIDGE WHICH I ALWAYS IMAGINE KEEPS ON FLYING STRONG OUT OF FALSE PRIDE TILL IT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEDGE SHE SAID SHE COULD TELL ME EVERYTHING SHE WAS WEARING ON THE OCCASION I SAID I DIDN'T WANT MY BOOK TO READ LIKE A LAUNDRY LIST BUT SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE DIDN'T MEAN THOSE SORT OF THINGS
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