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Article LONDON PLATITUDES. ← Page 11 of 13 →
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London Platitudes.
it was something that resembled superb cauliflower , bodevillecl in an unaccountable fashion , that it was expected I was to assist Miss Hufflingun to . Of course I seized an implement and made an enterprising incision into the very " heart of the matter . " A smile and a bow , when I handed it to her , conveyed much , but the plate conveyed more . It was pronounced excellent , and I blessed the cauliflower as afterwards introducing me to as
improving a passage of conversation , broken m upon as it was by heartless borderers , as I ever had the pleasure of beingtreated to . I found Miss Humingun ' s eyes were whole wells of delight . There was the prettiest simper about her mouth , and though she had to lean over while sundry delectables were
beinghanded athwart her neck , and I had to crane to the perpetual disturbance of my elbows by seekers of sherry , our dialogue w as flutteringly delightful to one—I was almost daring to say to both parties . I felt myself successful . If I stuck at a word , my very expressions , nay better , were substituted for me by this inimitable young ladyand her whole manner had
, a seduction in it which would have persuaded a cork out of the tightest-necked bottle . She was so convinced that all I said was right;—she said , "just so , " with such a ravishingair of acquiescence . That her sense w as exquisite I had no manner of reason for doubting , when I found her ratifying as correct everything that I advanced . If she dissented , it
w as only as if she would recall me to my own fine sense of the rights of things . This was prolonged until a whole cataract of new bottles was discharged upon us , and I lost her for a time in the glare . These occasional glimpses ; these stealthy oglings ; this persuasion of a community of sentiment between you and a very
pretty person on the other side of a table ; this looking out for eyes that are to meet yours , and your starting back , with a sort of shame , at encountering them ; as if your new amour was becoming rather too public;—all these pastimes are peculiarly delicious . It is a very pretty game to play at . There is evilhoweverin the best thingsand while are
, , , you thus agreeably occupied , you are apt to forget that there are further , though not as equally urgent , calls on your good nature . I love encouraging a woman who seems to be marshalling her batteries of flirtation against me , generally answer to the third or fourth gun , and am not sparing of my powder when occasion seems really to demand it . But it
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London Platitudes.
it was something that resembled superb cauliflower , bodevillecl in an unaccountable fashion , that it was expected I was to assist Miss Hufflingun to . Of course I seized an implement and made an enterprising incision into the very " heart of the matter . " A smile and a bow , when I handed it to her , conveyed much , but the plate conveyed more . It was pronounced excellent , and I blessed the cauliflower as afterwards introducing me to as
improving a passage of conversation , broken m upon as it was by heartless borderers , as I ever had the pleasure of beingtreated to . I found Miss Humingun ' s eyes were whole wells of delight . There was the prettiest simper about her mouth , and though she had to lean over while sundry delectables were
beinghanded athwart her neck , and I had to crane to the perpetual disturbance of my elbows by seekers of sherry , our dialogue w as flutteringly delightful to one—I was almost daring to say to both parties . I felt myself successful . If I stuck at a word , my very expressions , nay better , were substituted for me by this inimitable young ladyand her whole manner had
, a seduction in it which would have persuaded a cork out of the tightest-necked bottle . She was so convinced that all I said was right;—she said , "just so , " with such a ravishingair of acquiescence . That her sense w as exquisite I had no manner of reason for doubting , when I found her ratifying as correct everything that I advanced . If she dissented , it
w as only as if she would recall me to my own fine sense of the rights of things . This was prolonged until a whole cataract of new bottles was discharged upon us , and I lost her for a time in the glare . These occasional glimpses ; these stealthy oglings ; this persuasion of a community of sentiment between you and a very
pretty person on the other side of a table ; this looking out for eyes that are to meet yours , and your starting back , with a sort of shame , at encountering them ; as if your new amour was becoming rather too public;—all these pastimes are peculiarly delicious . It is a very pretty game to play at . There is evilhoweverin the best thingsand while are
, , , you thus agreeably occupied , you are apt to forget that there are further , though not as equally urgent , calls on your good nature . I love encouraging a woman who seems to be marshalling her batteries of flirtation against me , generally answer to the third or fourth gun , and am not sparing of my powder when occasion seems really to demand it . But it