He is a middle-aged gentleman, of reprobate
and romantic tendencies, and tries to be a friend of mine.
and romantic tendencies, and tries to be a friend of mine.
Kipling - Poems
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Mrs. Mallowe curled herself up comfortably on the sofa, and turned her
attention to the sweets. She and Mrs. Hauksbee shared the same house
at Simla; and these things befell two seasons after the matter of Otis
Yeere, which has been already recorded.
Mrs. Hauksbee stepped into the veranda and looked down upon the Mall,
her forehead puckered with thought.
"Hah! " said Mrs. Hauksbee, shortly. "Indeed! "
"What is it? " said Mrs. Mallowe, sleepily.
"That dowd and The Dancing Master--to whom I object. "
"Why to The Dancing Master?
He is a middle-aged gentleman, of reprobate
and romantic tendencies, and tries to be a friend of mine. "
"Then make up your mind to lose him. Dowds cling by nature, and I should
imagine that this animal--how terrible her bonnet looks from above! --is
specially clingsome. "
"She is welcome to The Dancing Master so far as I am concerned. I never
could take an interest in a monotonous liar. The frustrated aim of his
life is to persuade people that he is a bachelor. "
"0--oh! I think I've met that sort of man before. And isn't he? "
"No. He confided that to me a few days ago. Ugh! Some men ought to Be
killed. "
"What happened then? "
"He posed as the horror of horrors--a misunderstood man.
Mrs. Mallowe curled herself up comfortably on the sofa, and turned her
attention to the sweets. She and Mrs. Hauksbee shared the same house
at Simla; and these things befell two seasons after the matter of Otis
Yeere, which has been already recorded.
Mrs. Hauksbee stepped into the veranda and looked down upon the Mall,
her forehead puckered with thought.
"Hah! " said Mrs. Hauksbee, shortly. "Indeed! "
"What is it? " said Mrs. Mallowe, sleepily.
"That dowd and The Dancing Master--to whom I object. "
"Why to The Dancing Master?
He is a middle-aged gentleman, of reprobate
and romantic tendencies, and tries to be a friend of mine. "
"Then make up your mind to lose him. Dowds cling by nature, and I should
imagine that this animal--how terrible her bonnet looks from above! --is
specially clingsome. "
"She is welcome to The Dancing Master so far as I am concerned. I never
could take an interest in a monotonous liar. The frustrated aim of his
life is to persuade people that he is a bachelor. "
"0--oh! I think I've met that sort of man before. And isn't he? "
"No. He confided that to me a few days ago. Ugh! Some men ought to Be
killed. "
"What happened then? "
"He posed as the horror of horrors--a misunderstood man.
