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Mellow and suave and of astonishing volume was Margaret's voice; it came not from the back of her throat, as most of our women's voices do, but from her chest; and I protest it had the timbre of a violin. MELLOW AND SUAVE AND OF ASTONISHING VOLUME WAS MARGARET'S VOICE IT CAME NOT FROM THE BACK OF HER THROAT AS MOST OF OUR WOMEN'S VOICES DO BUT FROM HER CHEST AND I PROTEST TO HAD THE TIMBRE OF A VIOLIN
 'em one at a time to lend flavour to a dinner--like an olive; we didn't dine on olives, though. You have 'em for breakfast, luncheon, dinner, and everything! I'm sick of olives, I tell you, Margaret!" Margaret pouted. "They ain't even good olives. I looked into one of that fellow Charteris's books the other day--that chap you had here last week. It was bally rot--proverbs standing on their heads and grinning like dwarfs in a condemned street-fair! Who wants to be told that impropriety is the spice of life and that a roving eye gathers remorse? _You_ may call that sort of thing cleverness, if you like; I call it damn' foolishness." And the emphasis with which he said this left no doubt that the Colonel spoke his honest opinion. "Attractive," said his daughter patiently, "Mr. Charteris is very, very clever. Mr. Kennaston says literature suffered a considerable loss when he began to write for the magazines." And now that Margaret has spoken, permit me to call your attention to her voice. OUT A BIT TOO I THINK OF IT PEOPLE HAD EM ONE AT A TIME TO LEND FLAVOUR TO A DINNER LIKE AN OLIVE WE DIDN'T DINE ON OLIVES THOUGH YOU HAVE EM FOR BREAKFAST LUNCHEON DINNER AND EVERYTHING I'M SICK OF OLIVES I TELL YOU MARGARET MARGARET POUTED THEY AIN'T EVEN GOOD OLIVES I LOOKED INTO ONE OF THAT FELLOW SHOT ERES BOOKS THE OTHER DAY THAT CHAP YOU HAD HERE LAST WEEK IT WAS BALLY ROT PROVERBS STANDING ON THEIR HEADS AND GRINNING LIKE DWARFS IN A CONDEMNED STREET FAIR WHO WANTS TO BE TOLD THAT IMPROPRIETY IS A SPICE OF LIFE AND THAT A ROVING EYE GATHERS REMORSE YOU MAY CALL THAT SORT OF THING CLEVERNESS IF YOU LIKE I CALL IT DAMNED FOOLISHNESS AND THE EMPHASIS WITH WHICH HE SAID THIS LEFT NO DOUBT THAT THE COLONEL SPOKE HIS HONEST OPINION ATTRACTIVE SAID HIS DAUGHTER PATIENTLY MISTER CHARTREY IS VERY VERY CLEVER MISTER CONNASTON SAYS LITERATURE SUFFERED A CONSIDERABLE LOSS WHEN HE BEGAN TO WRITE FOR THE MAGAZINES AND NOW THAT MARGARET HAS SPOKEN PERMIT ME TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO HER VOICE
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