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The Registrar looked up, but his spectacles did not appear to help him; the Assistant-Registrar, a tall, languid young man, who wore a carnation in his button-hole, yawned and called for order. The room was lighted by a skylight, and the light fell diffused on the hands and faces; and alternately and in combination the whiskied breath and the carnation's scent assailed the nostrils.
"Here's a place for writing." said Bathsheba. "What shall I put?" "Something of this sort, I should think', returned Liddy promptly: "The rose is red, The violet blue, Carnation's sweet, And so are you." "Yes, that shall be it. It just suits itself to a chubby- faced child like him." said Bathsheba.
"The rose is red, the violet's blue, Carnation's sweet, and so are you," over and over again, so we had to join in; though I think "She's a jolly good fellow would have been more manly and less like a poetry book." Suddenly a known voice broke in on our singing. "Well!" it said. And we stopped dancing. And there were the other two ladies who had politely walked off when we first discovered Mrs.
"Here's a place for writing," said Bathsheba. "What shall I put?" "Something of this sort, I should think," returned Liddy promptly: "The rose is red, The violet blue, Carnation's sweet, And so are you." "Yes, that shall be it. It just suits itself to a chubby-faced child like him," said Bathsheba.
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