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Literary Lapses
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Stephen Leacock
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The
Leader
of
the
Government
said
that
Lord
Rosebery's
amendment
was
the
best
he
had
heard
yet.
The
Government
accepted
it
at
once.
They
were
willing
to
make
every
concession.
They
would,
if
need
be,
reconsider
the
Norman
Conquest.
The
Duke
of
Devonshire
took
exception
to
the
part
of
the
clause
relating
to
the
production
of
the
sides.
He
did
not
think
the
country
was
prepared
for
it.
It
was
unfair
to
the
producer.
He
would
like
the
clause
altered
to
read,
"if
the
sides
be
produced
in
the
home
market."
The
Leader
of
the
Government
accepted
with
pleasure
His
Grace's
amendment.
He
considered
it
quite
sensible.
He
would
now,
as
it
was
near
the
hour
of
rising,
present
the
clause
in
its
revised
form.
He
hoped,
however,
that
their
Lordships
would
find
time
to
think
out
some
further
amendments
for
the
evening
sitting.
The
clause
was
then
read.
His
Grace
of
Canterbury
then
moved
that
the
House,
in
all
humility,
adjourn
for
dinner.
The
Conjurer's
Revenge
"Now,
ladies
and
gentlemen,"
said
the
conjurer,
"having
shown
you
that
the
cloth
is
absolutely
empty,
I
will
proceed
to
take
from
it
a
bowl
of
goldfish.
Presto!"
All
around
the
hall
people
were
saying,
"Oh,
how
wonderful!
How
does
he
do
it?"
But
the
Quick
Man
on
the
front
seat
said
in
a
big
whisper
to
the
people
near
him,
"He-had-it-up-his-sleeve."
Then
the
people
nodded
brightly
at
the
Quick
Man
and
said,
"Oh,
of
course";
and
everybody
whispered
round
the
hall,
"He-had-it-up-his-sleeve."
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