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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. 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
nstructor somewhere on the Persian Gulf; dreadfully immoral, of course, because he was only an indifferent player, but still, it showed imagination. His wife was really to be pitied, because he had been the only person in the house who understood how to manage the cook's temper, and now she has to put "D.V." on her dinner invitations. Still, that's better than a domestic scandal; a woman who leaves her cook never wholly recovers her position in Society. I suppose the same thing holds good with the hosts; they seldom have more than a superficial acquaintance with their guests, and so often just when they do get to know you a bit better, they leave off knowing you altogether. There was _rather_ a breath of winter in the air when I left those Dorsetshire people. You see, they had asked me down to shoot, and I'm not particularly 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. S WIDOW AND SET UP AS A GOLF INSTRUCTOR SOMEWHERE ON THE PERSIAN GULF DREADFULLY IMMORAL OF COURSE BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY AN INDIFFERENT PLAYER BUT STILL IT SHOWED IMAGINATION HIS WIFE WAS REALLY TO BE PITIED BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN THE ONLY PERSON IN THE HOUSE WHO UNDERSTOOD HOW TO MANAGE THE COOK'S TEMPER AND NOW SHE HAS TO PUT D V ON HER DINNER INVITATIONS STILL THAT'S BETTER THAN A DOMESTIC SCANDAL A WOMAN WHO LEAVES HER COOK NEVER WHOLLY RECOVERS HER POSITION IN SOCIETY I SUPPOSE THE SAME THING HOLDS GOOD WITH THE HOSTS THEY SELDOM HAVE MORE THAN A SUPERFICIAL ACQUAINTANCE WITH THEIR GUESTS AND SO OFTEN JUST WHEN THEY DO GET TO KNOW YOU A BIT BETTER THEY LEAVE OFF KNOWING YOU ALTOGETHER THERE WAS RATHER A BREATH OF WINTER IN THE AIR WHEN I LEFT THOSE DORSETSHIRE PEOPLE YOU SEE THEY HAD ASKED ME DOWN TO SHOOT AND I'M NOT PARTICULARLY 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
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