Pas._ (_promptly_). Nothing, except to write to the papers and
submit to our fate.
_Prac. Pas._ Is there any objection to the construction of the Channel
Tunnel?
_Theo. Pas._ (_carelessly_). None in the least--but why do you ask?
_Prac. Pas._ Because, if in the case of war, the entire French nation
pours into England;--as you say it will?
_Theo. Pas._ Certainly.
_Prac. Pas._ The best thing we can do is to utilise the Tunnel, pour
into France, and stay there! It will be only changing sides!
[_Conversation interrupted by whistle, and consequent rattle
and darkness._
* * * * *
THE SPHINX AND THE STICK.
_A SONG WHEREIN IS SUGGESTED A SUITABLE SUBJECT FOR AN IBSENITE
TRAGEDY._
[Sir JAMES CRICHTON-BROWNE thinks that "the reserve and
suppression of emotional movement which is observed in
English people" will probably result in all the women becoming
sphinxes, and all the men sticks.]
"Oh! do wag your head!" said the Sphinx to the Stick.
"I _can't_," he replied, "or I would, darling, quick!
If you'll only indulge in a shrug and some winks,
You'll perhaps set _me_ off," said the Stick to the Sphinx.
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