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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
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W. N. P. Barbellion
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Who,
then,
is
"Carrots"?
He
is
a
fine
brawny
boat-man
who
jumps
over
the
rocks
like
a
Chamois,
swims
like
a
Fish,
pulls
like
an
Ox,
snorts
like
a
Grampus--a
sort
of
compound
zoological
perfection,
built
eclectically.
September
18.
Early
Boughies
Up
the
village,
Mrs.
Beavan
keeps
a
tiny
little
shop
and
runs
a
very
large
garden.
She
showed
us
all
about
the
garden,
and
introduced
us
to
her
husband,
whom
we
discovered
in
an
apple
tree--an
old
man,
aged
76,
very
hard
of
hearing,
and
with
an
impediment
in
his
speech.
He
at
once
began
to
move
his
mouth,
and
I
caught
odd
jingles
of
sound
that
sounded
like
nothing
at
all--at
first,
but
which
gradually
resolved
themselves
on
close
attention
to
such
familiar
landmarks
as
"Early
Boughies,"
"Stubbits,"
"Ribstone
Pippins"
into
a
discourse
on
Apples.
The
following
curious
conversation
took
place
between
me
and
the
deaf
gaffer,
aged
76,
standing
in
the
apple
tree,--
"These
be
all
appulls
from
Kent--I
got
'em
all
from
Kent."
"How
long
have
you
lived
in
C----?"
"Bunyard
&
Son--that's
the
firm--they
live
just
outside
the
town
of
Maidstone."
"Do
you
keep
Bees
here?"
"One
of
these
yer
appulls
is
called
Bunyard
after
the
firm--a
fine
fruit
too."
"Your
good
wife
must
be
of
great
assistance
to
you
in
your
work."
"Little
stalks
maybe,
but
a
large
juishy
appull
for
all
that."
Just
then
I
heard
Mrs.
B----
saying
to
E----,--
"Aw
yes,
he's
very
active
for
76.
A
little
deaf,
but
he
manages
the
garden
all
'eesulf,
I
bolsters
'un
up
wi'
meat
and
drink--little
and
often
as
they
zay
for
children....
Now
there's
a
bootifull
tree,
me
dear,
that
'as
almost
beared
itself
to
death,
as
you
may
say."
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