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And therefore, my pretty Eose, you must-keep away 

 from the shooting. Besides, have I not seen a good 

 shot ' tailor ' half-a-dozen pheasants in succession, 

 merely because a chattering lady not a dear, 

 pleasant little lump of delight like you, Eose had 

 posted herself beside him, and made him nervous ? 

 By all means come to lunch if you must, but, 

 equally by all means, leave the guns to themselves 

 afterwards. As for ladies who themselves shoot, 

 why the best I can wish them is that they should 

 promptly shoot themselves. I can't abide them. 

 Away with them ! 



But, in order that the purpose of this work may 

 be fulfilled, and the conversational method incul- 

 cated, I here give a short 'Ladies-at-lunch-dialogue,' 

 phonographically recorded, as a party of five guns 

 was approaching the place of lunch, at about 

 1.30 P.M. 



First Sportsman (addressing his companion). 

 Now then, Tommy, my son, just smarten yourself 

 up a bit and look pretty. The ladies are coming 

 to lunch. 



Tommy (horror-struck). What? The women 

 coming to lunch ? No, hang it all, you're joking. 

 Bay you are do ! 



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