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English
1868
So I called it Percy, and put little delicacies down near its hole every night, and that kept it quiet while I read Max Nordau's _Degeneration_ and other reproving literature, and went to sleep. And now she says there is a whole colony of mice in that room. SO I CALLED IT PERCY AND PUT LITTLE DELICACIES DOWN NEAR ITS HOLE EVERY NIGHT AND THAT KEPT TO QUIET WHILE I READ MAXIMODO'S DEGENERATION AND OTHER REPROVING LITERATURE AND WENT TO SLEEP AND NOW SHE SAYS THERE IS A WHOLE COLONY OF MICE IN THAT ROOM
ed verbiage doesn't balance matters. And I think there should be a sort of bounty- fed export (is that the right expression?) of the people who impress on you that you ought to take life seriously. There are only two classes that really can't help taking life seriously--schoolgirls of thirteen and Hohenzollerns; they might be exempt. Albanians come under another heading; they take life whenever they get the opportunity. The one Albanian that I was ever on speaking terms with was rather a decadent example. He was a Christian and a grocer, and I don't fancy he had ever killed anybody. I didn't like to question him on the subject--that showed my delicacy. Mrs. Nicorax says I have no delicacy; she hasn't forgiven me about the mice. You see, when I was staying down there, a mouse used to cake-walk about my room half the night, and none of their silly patent traps seemed to take its fancy as a bijou residence, so I determined to appeal to the better side of it--which with mice is the inside. OUTLET FOR COMPRESSED VERBIAGE DOESN'T BALANCE MATTERS AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A SORT OF BOUNTY FED EXPORT IS THAT THE RIGHT EXPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE WHO IMPRESS ON YOU THAT YOU OUGHT TO TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY THERE ARE ONLY TWO CLASSES THAT REALLY CAN'T HELP TAKING LIFE SERIOUSLY SCHOOLGIRLS OF THIRTEEN AND HOHEN ZOLLANDS THEY MIGHT BE EXEMPT ALBANIANS COME UNDER ANOTHER HEADING THEY TAKE LIFE WHENEVER THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY THE ONE ALBANIENT THAT I WAS EVER ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH WAS RATHER A DECADENT EXAMPLE HE WAS A CHRISTIAN AND A GROCER AND I DON'T FANCY HE HAD EVER KILLED ANYBODY I DIDN'T LIKE TO QUESTION HIM ON THE SUBJECT THAT SHOWED MY DELICACY MISSUS NICKRACK SAYS I HAVE NO DELICACY SHE HASN'T FORGIVEN ME ABOUT THE MICE YOU SEE WHEN I WAS STAYING DOWN THERE A MOUSE USED TO CAKE WALK ABOUT MY ROOM HALF THE NIGHT AND NONE OF THEIR SILLY PATENT TRAPS SEEMED TO TAKE ITS FANCY AS A BIJOU RESIDENCE SO I DETERMINED TO APPEAL TO THE BETTER SIDE OF IT WHICH WITH MICE IS THE INSIDE
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