thing in a young girl." "Let us go away, by and by, my dear Gazelle," the Queen exclaimed with a primitive smile, "and remove our corsets and talk.

Again: (FBF) Lionel Limpness, Lord Tiredstock's third (and perhaps most gifted son) is speaking to the only son of Lord Intriguer: "And so you are off to Chedarlahomor, Old Darling. I wish I was going too." "It would be charming, of course, Lionel, to have you, but they might appoint you Vice-Consul of Sodom, or something?" "Why Vice? Besides . . . ! There's no Consulate there yet. Turn over, Old Dear, while I chastise you! On your knees, Sir!"

Or: The punch line to an episode in a becalmed boat: "Tell me, Olga

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