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already been better expressed a hundred times�察�and that I would find the 

behind parts of a printed leaf called ;Punch; in the bookcase。 Not being 

desirous of carrying on a conversation of which I felt that I had misplaced 

the    most   highly    rectified   ingredient�察   �I  bowed     repeatedly�察   �and   replied 

affably that wisdom ruled his left side and truth his right。 

     It   was   upon   this   same   occasion   that   a   young   man   of   unprejudiced 

wide´mindedness�察�taking me aside�察�asserted that the matter had not been 

properly set forth when I was inquiring about kites。 Both old and young 

men�察    �he   continued�察   �frequently     endeavoured      to   fly  kites�察 �even    in  the 

involved heart of the city。 He had tried once or twice himself�察�but never 

with encouraging success�察�chiefly�察�he was told�察�because his paper was not 

good   enough。  Many  people�察�he   added�察 �would  not   scruple   to   mislead   me 

with    evasive    ambiguity     on   this  one    subject   owing    to   an  ill´balanced 

conception of what constituted true dignity�察�but he was unwilling that his 

countrymen should be thought by mine to be sunk into a deeper barbarism 

than actually existed。 

     His warning was not inopportune。 Seated next to this person at a later 

period     was   a  maiden     from    whose     agreeably´poised       lips  had   hitherto 

proceeded nothing but sincerity and fact。 Watching her closely I asked her�察�

as   one   who    only   had   a  languid    interest   either   one   way   or   the  other�察�

whether her revered father or her talented and richly´apparelled brothers 

ever spent their time flying kites about the city。 In spite of a most efficient 



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self´control her colour changed at my words�察�and her features trembled for 

a moment�察�but quickly reverting to herself she replied that she thought not�察�

thenas though   to   subdue my  suspicions   more completelythat   she   was 

sure they did not�察�as the kites would certainly frighten the horses and the 

appointed      watchmen      of  the   street  would     not  allow    it。  She  confessed�察�

however�察�with unassumed candour�察�that the immediate descendants of her 

sister were gracefully proficient in the art。 

     From  this�察 �great   and   enlightened   one�察  �you   will   readily  perceive   how 

misleading an impression might be carried away by a person scrupulously´ 

intentioned but not continually looking both ways�察�when placed among a 

people endowed with the uneasy suspicion of the barbarian and struggling 

to assert a doubtful refinement。 Apart from this�察�there has to be taken into 

consideration   their   involved   process   of   reasoning�察  �and   the   unexpectedly 

different standards which they apply to every subject。 

     At the house of the Maidens Blank�察�when the evening was not spent in 

listening to melodious voices and the harmony of stringed woods�察�it was 

usual to take part in sit´round games of various kinds。 ��And while it is on 

his   brush   this   person   would   say   with   commendable   pride   that   a   well´ 

trained musician among us can extort more sound from a hollow wooden 

pig�察�costing only a few cash�察�than the most skilful here ever attain on their 

largest instrumenta highly´lacquered coffin on legs�察�filled with bells and 

hidden springs�察�and frequently sold for a thousand taels。�� 

     Upon a certain evening�察�at the conclusion of one sit´round game which 

involved abrupt music�察�a barrier of chairs�察�and the exhilarating possibility 

of being sat upon by the young and vivacious in their zeal�察�a person of the 

company turned suddenly to the one who is communicating with you and 

said enticingly�察 �Why did Birdcage Walk�拭─�

     Not   judging     from   his   expression   that   this   was   other   than   a  polite 

inquiry   on   a   matter   which   disturbed   his   repose�察  �I   was   replying   that   the 

manifestation was undoubtedly the work of a vexatious demon which had 

taken   up   its   abode   in   the   article   referred   to�察  �when   another�察  �by   my   side�察�

cried aloud�察 �Because it envied Queen Anne's Gate;�察�and without a pause 

cast back the question�察 �Who carved The Poultry�拭─�

     In spite of the apparent simplicity of the demand it was received by all 



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in   an   attitude  of   complicated     doubt�察  �and   this  person    was    considering 

whether he   might not   acquire   distinction by  replying that such   an   office 

fell by custom to the lot of the more austere Maiden Blank�察�when the very 

inadequate   reply�察   �Mark   Lane   with   St。   Mary's Axe�察─  �was   received   with 

applause and some observations in a half´tone regarding the identity of the 

fowl。 

     By the laws of the sit´round games the one who had last spoken now 

proclaimed himself�察�demanding to know�察 �Why  did Battersea Rise�拭─�but 

the    involvement      was   evidently     superficial�察  �for   the  maiden     at  whose 

memory this one's organs still vibrate ignobly at once replied�察 �Because it 

thought   Clapham   Common�察─  �in   turn   inquiring�察   �What   made   the   Marble 

Arch�拭─�

     Although I would have willingly sacrificed to an indefinite extent to be 

furnished with the preconcerted watchword�察�so that I might have enlarged 

myself   in   the   eyes   of   this   consecrated   being's   unapproachable   esteem�察  �I 

had already decided that the competition was too intangible for one whose 

thoughts lay in well´defined parallel lines�察�and it fell to another to reply�察�

;To hear Salisbury Court。; 

     This�察   �O  my   broad´minded       ancestor    of  the   first  degreean   aimless 

challenge coupled with the name of one recognisable spot�察�replied to by 

the   haphazard   retort   of   another   place�察  �frequently  in   no   way  joined   to   it�察�

was regarded as an exceptionally fascinating sit´round game by a company 

of elderly barbarians� �

     ;What couldn't Walbrook�拭─�it might be�察�and ;Such Cheapside�察─�would 

be   deemed      a  praiseworthy     solution。   ;When     did   King's   Bench     Walk�拭─�

would be asked�察�and to reply�察 �When Gray's Inn Road�察─�covered the one 

with overpowering acclamation。 ;Bevis Marks only an Inner Circle at The 

Butts�察�why�拭─�was a demand of such elaborate complexity that ��although 

this person was lured out of his self´imposed restraint by the silence of all 

round�察�and submerging his intelligence to an acquired level�察�unobtrusively 

suggested�察      �Because     Aylesbury     ducks�察   �perchance;��     it  fell  to  the   one 

propounding to announce�察 �Because St。 John's Wood Shoot´up Hill。; 

     Admittedly   it   is   written�察   �When   the   shutter   is   fastened   the   girdle   is 

loosened�察─�but it is as truly said�察 �Not in the head�察�nor yet in the feet�察�but in 



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the   organs    of   digestion    does   wisdom   reside�察─     �and   even   in   jesting   the 

middle      course    of  neither    an   excessive     pride    nor   an   absolute    weak´ 

mindedness is to be observed。 With what concrete pangs of acute mental 

distress   would this   person   ever   behold his   immaculate   progenitor   taking 

part in   a   similar sit´round game   with   an assembly  of   worthy  mandarins�察�

the    one   asking    questions     of   meaningless      import�察    �as  ;Why     did   they 

Hangkow�拭─�and another replying in an equal strain of no consecutiveness�察�

;In order to T'in Tung� ─�

     At   length   a   person   who   is   spoken   of   as   having   formerly   been   the 

captain of a band of warriors turned to me with an unsuspected absence of 

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