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"MY POOR BIRD, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR TAIL-FEATHERS?"

"CAN YOU BEAR THE TRUTH, SIRE?"

"IF IT'S NOT FOR PUBLICATION."

IT'S LIKE THIS, THEN. YOU TOLD ME THE BRITISH LION WAS CONTEMPTIBLE. WELL—HE WASN'T!"