''
``Which is Veronique?'' asked the Baroness.
``The most depressed-looking of the three,'' said Clovis.
THE PEACE OFFERING
``I want you to help me in getting up a dramatic
entertainment of some sort,'' said the Baroness to Clovis.
``You see, there's been an election petition down here, and
a member unseated and no end of bitterness and ill-feeling,
and the County is socially divided against itself. I
thought a play of some kind would be an excellent
opportunity for bringing people together again, and giving
them something to think of besides tiresome political
squabbles.''
The Baroness was evidently ambitious of reproducing
beneath her own roof the pacifying effects traditionally
ascribed to the celebrated Reel of Tullochgorum.
``We might do something on the lines of Greek tragedy,''
said Clovis, after due reflection; ``the Return of Agamemnon,
for instance.''
The Baroness frowned.
``It sounds rather reminiscent of an election result,
doesn't it?''
``It wasn't that sort of return,'' explained Clovis; ``it
was a homecoming.''
``I thought you said it was a tragedy.''
``Well, it was.
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