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English
1868
I privately wished that the bears would win sometimes on these occasions; at least they wouldn't go vapouring about it afterwards. Before we had time to recover our spirits, we were indulged with some thought reading by a young man whom one knew instinctively had a good mother and an indifferent tailor  the sort of young man who talks unflaggingly through the thickest soup, and smooths his hair dubiously as though he thought it might hit back. I PRIVATELY WISHED THAT THE BEARS WOULD WIN SOMETIMES ON THESE OCCASIONS AT LEAST THEY WOULDN'T GO VAPOURING ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS BEFORE WE HAD TIME TO RECOVER OUR SPIRITS WE WERE INDULGED WITH SOME THOUGHT READING BY A YOUNG MAN WHOM ONE KNEW INSTINCTIVELY HAD A GOOD MOTHER AND AN INDIFFERENT TAILOR THE SORT OF YOUNG MAN WHO TALKS UNFLAGGINGLY THROUGH THE THICKEST SOUP AND SMOOTHS HIS HAIR DUBIOUSLY AS THOUGH HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT HIT BACK
ur unbroken out of seven; I think William suffered from over-anxiousness. They were rather mad in the drawing-room at my not having come back, and they weren't a bit pacified when I told them afterwards that I was "At the end of the passage." "I never did like Kipling," was Mrs. Babwold's comment, when the situation dawned upon her. "I couldn't see anything clever in _Earthworms out of Tuscany_--or is that by Darwin?" Of course these games are very educational, but, personally, I prefer bridge. On Christmas evening we were supposed to be specially festive in the Old English fashion. The hall was horribly draughty, but it seemed to be the proper place to revel in, and it was decorated with Japanese fans and Chinese lanterns, which gave it a very Old English effect. A young lady with a confidential voice favoured us with a long recitation about a little girl who died or did something equally hackneyed, and then the Major gave us a graphic account of a struggle he had with a wounded bear. NG THEM WINS I WON WITH FOUR UNBROKEN OUT OF SEVEN I THINK WILLIAM SUFFERED FROM OVER ANXIOUSNESS THEY WERE RATHER MAD IN THE DRAWING ROOM AT MY NOT HAVING COME BACK AND THEY WEREN'T A BIT PACIFIED WHEN I TOLD THEM AFTERWARDS THAT I WAS AT THE END OF THE PASSAGE I NEVER DID LIKE KIPLING WAS MISSUS BABWELL'S COMMENT WHEN THE SITUATION DAWNED UPON HER I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING CLEVER IN EARTHWORMS OUT OF TUSCANY OR AS THAT BY DARWIN OF COURSE THESE GAMES ARE VERY EDUCATIONAL BUT PERSONALLY I PREFER BRIDGE ON CHRISTMAS EVENING WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SPECIALLY FESTIVE IN THE OLD ENGLISH FASHION THE HALL WAS HORRIBLY DRAUGHTY BUT IT SEEMED TO BE THE PROPER PLACE TO REVEL IN AND IT WAS DECORATED WITH JAPANESE FANS AND CHINESE LANTERNS WHICH GAVE IT A VERY OLD ENGLISH EFFECT A YOUNG LADY WITH A CONFIDENTIAL VOICE FAVOURED US WITH A LONG RECITATION ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL WHO DIED OR DID SOMETHING EQUALLY HACKNEYED AND THEN THE MAJOR GAVE US A GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF A STRUGGLE HE HAD WITH A WOUNDED BEAR
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