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Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
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Sir Max Beerbohm
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Nevertheless,
the
Prime
Minister
became
so
nervous
that
he
procured
for
him,
a
month
later,
the
Sovereign’s
offer
of
a
Garter
which
had
just
fallen
vacant.
The
Duke
accepted
it.
He
was,
I
understand,
the
only
undergraduate
on
whom
this
Order
had
ever
been
conferred.
He
was
very
much
pleased
with
the
insignia,
and
when,
on
great
occasions,
he
wore
them,
no
one
dared
say
that
the
Prime
Minister’s
choice
was
not
fully
justified.
But
you
must
not
imagine
that
he
cared
for
them
as
symbols
of
achievement
and
power.
The
dark
blue
riband,
and
the
star
scintillating
to
eight
points,
the
heavy
mantle
of
blue
velvet,
with
its
lining
of
taffeta
and
shoulder-knots
of
white
satin,
the
crimson
surcoat,
the
great
embullioned
tassels,
and
the
chain
of
linked
gold,
and
the
plumes
of
ostrich
and
heron
uprising
from
the
black
velvet
hat--these
things
had
for
him
little
significance
save
as
a
fine
setting,
a
finer
setting
than
the
most
elaborate
smoking-suit,
for
that
perfection
of
aspect
which
the
gods
had
given
him.
This
was
indeed
the
gift
he
valued
beyond
all
others.
He
knew
well,
however,
that
women
care
little
for
a
man’s
appearance,
and
that
what
they
seek
in
a
man
is
strength
of
character,
and
rank,
and
wealth.
These
three
gifts
the
Duke
had
in
a
high
degree,
and
he
was
by
women
much
courted
because
of
them.
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