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English
1868
That Agatha would get on to a yak in company with a lover even in the comparative seclusion of Thibet is unthinkable. I very much doubt if she'd do it with her own husband in the privacy of the Simplon tunnel. But poetry, as I've remarked before, should always stimulate the imagination. THAT AGATHA WOULD GET ON TO A YACK IN COMPANY WITH A LOVER EVEN IN THE COMPARATIVE SECLUSION OF THIBET IS UNTHINKABLE I VERY MUCH DOUBT IF SHE'D DO IT WITH HER OWN HUSBAND IN THE PRIVACY OF THE SAMPLONG TUNNEL BUT POETRY AS I'VE REMARKED BEFORE SHOULD ALWAYS STIMULATE THE IMAGINATION
othing with red wine or passion in it. Dear Agatha gave me the album, and she would be mortified to the quick"-- I said I didn't believe Agatha had a quick, and we got quite heated in arguing the matter. Finally, the Duchess declared I shouldn't write anything nasty in her book, and I said I wouldn't write anything in her nasty book, so there wasn't a very wide point of difference between us. For the rest of the afternoon I pretended to be sulking, but I was really working back to that quatrain, like a fox-terrier that's buried a deferred lunch in a private flower-bed. When I got an opportunity I hunted up Agatha's autograph, which had the front page all to itself, and, copying her prim handwriting as well as I could, I inserted above it the following Thibetan fragment:-- "With Thee, oh, my Beloved, to do a dak (a dak I believe is a sort of uncomfortable post-journey) On the pack-saddle of a grunting yak, With never room for chilling chaperone, 'Twere better than a Panhard in the Park.  THE BOOK FROM ME NOT FOR WORLDS NOTHING WITH RED WINE OR PASSION IN IT DEAR AGATHA GAVE ME THE ALBUM AND SHE WOULD BE MORTIFIED TO THE QUICK I SAID I DIDN'T BELIEVE AGATHA HAD A QUICK AND WE GOT QUITE HEATED IN ARGUING THE MATTER FINALLY THE DUCHESS DECLARED I SHOULDN'T WRITE ANYTHING NASTY IN HER BOOK AND I SAID I SHOULDN'T WRITE ANYTHING IN HER NASTY BOOK SO THERE WASN'T A VERY WIDE POINT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON I PRETENDED TO BE SULKING BUT I WAS REALLY WORKING BACK TO THAT QUATRAIN LIKE A FOX TERRIER THAT'S BURIED A DEFERRED LUNCH IN A PRIVATE FLOWER BED WHEN I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY I HUNTED UP AGATHA'S AUTOGRAPH WHICH HAD THE FRONT PAGE ALL TO ITSELF AND COPYING HER PRIM HANDWRITING AS WELL AS I COULD I INSERTED ABOVE IT THE FOLLOWING TIBETAN FRAGMENT WITH THEE O MY BELOVED TO DO A DARK A DARK I BELIEVE IS A SORT UNCOMFORTABLE POST JOURNEY ON THE PACK SADDLE OF A GRUNTING YAK WITH NEVER ROOM FOR CHILLING CHAPERON TWERE BETTER THAN A PANHARD IN THE PARK
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