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apt to vanish, and, caring nothing though all the 

 children in England be rendered imbecile, one 

 descends into regions of comparative civilisation 

 in the full flood of roaring ratiocination. Chaven- 

 der declared, during his visit, that whilst angling 

 one afternoon blamelessly l by the river he 

 imagined for a few moments that he had found 

 a reason for his lack of success in distant thunder, 

 which presently became articulate and recognis- 

 able as periods which pulverised the Specialisation 

 of the Modern Actor. He was careful, I notice, 

 to find out what his hostess had been discussing 

 during the after-tea walk, and also, the slave ! 

 to elicit her views on the subject. Once assured 

 that she favoured the special line of business, he 

 no longer hesitated to imperil his soul in the man- 

 ner I have indicated. Therefore that night he 

 returned to an excessively large teapot. 



But I digress unworthily. 



Yet I find that I have said all that I have to 

 say about our singing of catches. 



1 His own description of his proceedings. 



