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Our only resource is in the line of deception, and if we cannot deceive them, then we have ceased to be women." OUR ONLY RESOURCE IS IN THE LINE OF DECEPTION AND IF WE CANNOT DECEIVE THEM THEN WE HAVE CEASED TO BE WOMEN
a thousand delicacies for these pirates without fatal results.” “You mean immediately fatal, do you not?” suggested Xanthippe. “I could myself prepare a cake which would in time reduce our captors to a state of absolute dependence, but of course the effect is not immediate.” “We might give a musicale, and let Trilby sing ‘Ben Bolt’ to them,” suggested Marguerite de Valois, with a giggle. “Don’t be flippant, please,” said Portia. “We haven’t time to waste on flippant suggestions. Perhaps a court-martial of these pirates, supplemented by a yard-arm, wouldn’t be a bad thing. I’ll prosecute the case.” “You forget that you are dealing with immortal spirits,” observed Cleopatra. “If these creatures were mortals, hanging them would be all right, and comparatively easy, considering that we outnumber them ten to one, and have many resources for getting them, more or less, in our power, but they are not. They have gone through the refining process of dissolution once, and there’s an end to that. URE THE SAD FACT REMAINS THAT I COULD PREPARE A THOUSAND DELICACIES FOR THESE PIRATES WITHOUT FATAL RESULTS YOU MEAN IMMEDIATELY FATAL DO YOU NOT SUGGESTED SANTICKY I COULDN'T MYSELF REPAIR A CAKE WHICH WOULD IN TIME REDUCE OUR CAPTORS TO A STATE OF ABSOLUTE DEPENDENCE BUT OF COURSE THE EFFECT IS NOT IMMEDIATE WE MIGHT GIVE A MUSICALE AND LET CHILBY SING BED BOTH TO THEM SUGGESTED MARGUERITE DE VALOIS WITH A GIGGLE DON'T BE FLIPPANT PLEASE SAID PORTIA WE HAVEN'T TIME TO WASTE ON FLIPPANT SUGGESTIONS PERHAPS A COURT MARTIAL OF THESE PIRATES SUPPLEMENTED BY A YARD ARM WOULDN'T BE A BAD THING I'LL PROSECUTE THE CASE YOU FORGET THAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH IMMORTAL SPIRITS OBSERVED CLEOPATRA IF THESE CREATURES WERE MORTAL HANGING THEM WOULD BE ALL RIGHT AND COMPARATIVELY EASY CONSIDERING THAT WE OUTNUMBER THEM TEN TO ONE AND HAVE MANY RESOURCES FOR GETTING THEM MORE OR LESS IN OUR POWER BUT THEY ARE NOT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE REFINING PROCESS OF DISSOLUTION ONCE AND THERE'S AN END TO THAT
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