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She looked for all the world like an Englishman travelling on the Continent as she walked up the gang plank behind the elephants, each elephant with a Gladstone bag in his trunk and a hat box tied to his tail." Here the venerable old weather prophet winked at Munchausen, and the little quarrel which had been imminent passed off in a general laugh. SHE LOOKED FOR ALL THE WORLD LIKE AN ENGLISHMAN TRAVELLING ON THE CONTINENT HE WALKED UP THE GANGPINE BEHIND THE ELEPHANT HEAPED ELEPHANT WITH A GLADSTONE BAG IN HIS TRUNK AND A HATFOX TIED TO HIS TAIL HERE THE VENERABLE OLD WEATHER PROPHET WINKED AT MUNCHAUSEN AND THE LITTLE QUARREL WHICH HAD BEEN IMMINENT CAST OFF IN A GENERAL LAUGH
 a lucky thing for us that Noah wasn’t a Frenchman, eh?” said Frederick the Great. “How that rain would have fazed him if he had been! The human race would have been wiped out.” “Oh, pshaw!” ejaculated Noah, deprecating the unseemliness of the quarrel, and putting his arm affectionately about Bonaparte’s shoulder. “When you come down to that, I was French—as French as one could be in those days—and these Gallic subjects of my friend here were, every one of ’em, my lineal descendants, and their hatred of rain was inherited directly from me, their ancestor.” “Are not we English as much your descendants?” queried Wellington, arching his eyebrows. “You are,” said Noah, “but you take after Mrs. Noah more than after me. Water never fazes a woman, and your delight in tubs is an essentially feminine trait. The first thing Mrs. Noah carried aboard was a laundry outfit, and then she went back for rugs and coats and all sorts of hand-baggage. Gad, it makes me laugh to this day when I think of it! OP TALKING ABOUT THE FLOOD IT'S A LUCKY THING FOR US THAT NOAH WASN'T A FRENCHMAN EH SAID FREDERICK THE GREAT HOW THAT RAIN WOULD HAVE BATHED HIM IF HE HAD BEEN THE HUMAN RACE WOULD HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT OH PSHAW EJACULATED NOAH DEPRECATING THE UNSEEMLINESS OF THE QUARREL AND PUTTING HIS ARM AFFECTIONATELY ABOUT BONAPARTE'S SHOULDER WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO THAT I WAS FRENCH AS FRENCH AS ONE COULD BE IN THOSE DAYS AND THESE GALLIC SUBJECTS OF MY FRIEND HERE WERE EVERY ONE OF EM MY LINEAL DESCENDANTS AND THEIR HATRED OF VRAIN WAS INHERITED DIRECTLY FROM ME THEIR ANCESTOR ARE NOT WE ENGLISH AS MUCH YOU WILL DISMEND IT QUERIED WELLINGTON ARCHING HIS EYEBROWS YOU ARE SAID NOAH BUT YOU TAKE AFTER MISSUS NOAH MORE THAN AFTER ME WATER NEVER PHASES A WOMAN AND YOUR DELIGHT IN TUBS IS AN ESSENTIALLY FEMININE TRAIT THE FIRST THING MISSUS NOAH CARRIED ABOARD WAS A LAUNDRY OUTFIT AND THEN SHE WENT BACK FOR RUGS AND COATS AND ALL SORTS OF HAND BAGGAGE GOD IT MAKES ME LAUGH TO THIS DAY WHEN I THINK OF IT
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