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Updated: May 24, 2025
Lost dignity is not a possession which can be restored at a moment's notice, and both Lady Bastable and the butler found the process of returning to normal conditions almost as painful as a slow recovery from drowning. A jacquerie, even if carried out with the most respectful of intentions, cannot fail to leave some traces of embarrassment behind it.
And she had a box of chocolates and a musical box that played 'The Man who broke' and two other tunes, and two pairs of kid gloves for church, and a box of writing-paper pink with 'Alice' on it in gold writing, and an egg coloured red that said 'A. Bastable' in ink on one side. Mrs Pettigrew gave the egg. It was a kindly housekeeper's friendly token.
Here is a million pounds a year. Rise up, Sir Oswald Bastable." But the others did not seem to think so, and it was Alice's turn to say. She said, 'I think we might try the divining-rod. I'm sure I could do it. I've often read about it. You hold a stick in your hands, and when you come to where there is gold underneath the stick kicks about. So you know. And you dig.
Amusing clown interlude, introducing trained dog, Pincher, and the other white pig. H. O. and O. Bastable. The See-Saw. Trained donkeys. Elegant equestrian act by D. Bastable. Haute ecole, on Clover, the incomparative trained elephant from the plains of Venezuela. Alpine feat of daring. The climbing of the Andes, by Billy, the well-known acrobatic goat. The Black but Learned Pig.
Then my Father said, 'Foulkes, I must really apologize for these very naughty And then our robber rubbed his hands and laughed, and cried out: 'You're mistaken, my dear sir, I'm not Foulkes; I'm a robber, captured by these young people in the most gallant manner. "Hands up, surrender, or I fire," and all the rest of it. My word, Bastable, but you've got some kids worth having!
That was one way we had of knowing that the fortunes of the ancient House of Bastable were really fallen.
We were to call upon him to surrender his arms, and then bring him home and put him in the deepest dungeon below the castle moat; then we were to load him with chains and send to his friends for ransom. You may think we had no chains, but you are wrong, because we used to keep two other dogs once, besides Pincher, before the fall of the fortunes of the ancient House of Bastable.
The chairs were velvety, with gilt legs. It was like a king's palace. 'Now, he said, 'you ought to be at school, instead of thinking about money. Why aren't you? We told him that we should go to school again when Father could manage it, but meantime we wanted to do something to restore the fallen fortunes of the House of Bastable.
No one ever knows Oswald was christened Cecil as well, if he can possibly help it. YOU didn't know it till now. 'Mr Oswald Bastable, the Colonel went on he had the decency not to take any notice of the 'Cecil' 'you would be a credit to any regiment. No doubt the War Office will reward you properly for what you have done for your country.
And then we felt it was time to do something new, because we were as rich as our worthy relative, the uncle, and our Father now also wealthy, at least, compared to what he used to be thought right for us; and we were as good as we could be without being good for nothing and muffs, which I hope no one calling itself a Bastable will ever stoop to.
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