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I breakfasted upstairs myself. I BREAKFASTED UPSTAIRS MYSELF
ort of thing. There's such a deadly sameness about partridges; when you've missed one, you've missed the lot--at least, that's been my experience. And they tried to rag me in the smoking-room about not being able to hit a bird at five yards, a sort of bovine ragging that suggested cows buzzing round a gadfly and thinking they were teasing it. So I got up the next morning at early dawn--I know it was dawn, because there were lark-noises in the sky, and the grass looked as if it had been left out all night--and hunted up the most conspicuous thing in the bird line that I could find, and measured the distance, as nearly as it would let me, and shot away all I knew. They said afterwards that it was a tame bird; that's simply _silly_, because it was awfully wild at the first few shots. Afterwards it quieted down a bit, and when its legs had stopped waving farewells to the landscape I got a gardener-boy to drag it into the hall, where everybody must see it on their way to the breakfast-room. RTICULARLY IMMENSE AT THAT SORT OF THING THERE'S SUCH A DEADLY SAMENESS ABOUT PARTRIDGES WHEN YOU'VE MISSED ONE YOU'VE MISSED THE LOT AT LEAST THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE AND THEY TRIED TO RAG ME IN THE SMOKING ROOM ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO HIT A BIRD AT FIVE YARDS A SORT OF BOVINE RAGGING THAT SUGGESTED COWS BUZZING ROUND A GADFLY AND THINKING THEY WERE TEASING IT SO I GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING AT EARLY DAWN I KNOW IT WAS DAWN BECAUSE THERE WERE LARK NOISES IN THE SKY AND THE GRASS LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BEEN LEFT OUT ALL NIGHT AND HUNTED UP THE MOST CONSPICUOUS THING IN THE BIRD LINE THAT I COULD FIND AND MEASURED THE DISTANCE AS NEARLY AS IT WOULD LET ME AND SHOT AWAY ALL I KNEW THEY SAID AFTERWARDS THAT IT WAS A TAME BIRD THAT'S SIMPLY SILLY BECAUSE IT WAS AWFULLY WILD AT THE FIRST FEW SHOTS AFTERWARDS IT QUIETED DOWN A BIT WHEN ITS LEGS HAD STOPPED WAVING FAREWELLS TO THE LANDSCAPE I GOT A GARDENER BOY TO DRAG IT INTO THE HALL WHERE EVERYBODY MUST SEE IT ON THEIR WAY TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM
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