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Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
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Sir Max Beerbohm
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Not
all
of
them
together
could
vie
in
power
with
one
of
the
meanest
of
my
motor-cars.”
*Pronounced
as
Tacton.
**Pronounced
as
Tavvle-Tacton.
“Oh,
I
never
go
in
motors,”
said
Zuleika.
“They
make
one
look
like
nothing
on
earth,
and
like
everybody
else.”
“I
myself,”
said
the
Duke,
“use
them
little
for
that
very
reason.
Are
you
interested
in
farming?
At
Tankerton
there
is
a
model
farm
which
would
at
any
rate
amuse
you,
with
its
heifers
and
hens
and
pigs
that
are
like
so
many
big
new
toys.
There
is
a
tiny
dairy,
which
is
called
‘Her
Grace’s.’
You
could
make,
therein,
real
butter
with
your
own
hands,
and
round
it
into
little
pats,
and
press
every
pat
with
a
different
device.
The
boudoir
that
would
be
yours
is
a
blue
room.
Four
Watteaus
hang
in
it.
In
the
dining-hall
hang
portraits
of
my
forefathers--in
petto,
your
forefathers-in-law--by
many
masters.
Are
you
fond
of
peasants?
My
tenantry
are
delightful
creatures,
and
there
is
not
one
of
them
who
remembers
the
bringing
of
the
news
of
the
Battle
of
Waterloo.
When
a
new
Duchess
is
brought
to
Tankerton,
the
oldest
elm
in
the
park
must
be
felled.
That
is
one
of
many
strange
old
customs.
As
she
is
driven
through
the
village,
the
children
of
the
tenantry
must
strew
the
road
with
daisies.
The
bridal
chamber
must
be
lighted
with
as
many
candles
as
years
have
elapsed
since
the
creation
of
the
Dukedom.
If
you
came
into
it,
there
would
be”--and
the
youth,
closing
his
eyes,
made
a
rapid
calculation--“exactly
three
hundred
and
eighty-eight
candles.
On
the
eve
of
the
death
of
a
Duke
of
Dorset,
two
black
owls
come
and
perch
on
the
battlements.
They
remain
there
through
the
night,
hooting.
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