Arthur Conan Doyle

Name: A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus — Chapter XVI.
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

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“A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus — Chapter XVI.”, published in 1899, is a work by Arthur Conan Doyle. It explores elements such as Hunt Mortimer, Beecher and Maude.

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ But Maude put on the charming air of displeasure which became her so well.
‘We are serious students, sir,’ said she. ‘We want the very hardest poem in the book. I assure you, Frank, that one of your little faults is that you always underrate a woman’s intelligence. Mrs. Hunt Mortimer says that though we may be less original than men, we are more assim - more assmun - ’
‘Assimulative.’
‘That’s what I say - assimulative. Now, you always talk as if - oh yes, you do! No, you mustn’t! How absurd you are, Frank! Whenever I try to speak seriously to you, you always do that and spoil everything. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ It is, “thinketh he dwelleth in the cold of the moon.”’
‘Then it was only one Setebos!’ cried Maude.
‘So it appears. It is easy to understand if one will only put it into ordinary language. This person Setebos was under the impression that his life was spent in the moonlight.’
‘But what nonsense it is!’ cried Mrs. Beecher. Mrs. Hunt Mortimer looked at her reproachfully. ‘It is very easy to call everything which we do not understand “nonsense,”’ said she. ‘I have no doubt that Browning had a profound meaning in this.’
‘What was it, then?’
Mrs. Hunt Mortimer looked at the clock. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ Father upset a cup of milk over me at supper, and said afterwards that it was the milky way.’
‘It is simply maddening how men will make jokes about the most important subjects,’ said Mrs. Hunt Mortimer. ‘But I have no doubt, dear, that your dress was an exceedingly effective one. Now, for my own part, I had some idea of going as the “Duchess of Devonshire.”’
‘Charming!’ cried Mrs. Beecher and Maude. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ I had no idea that it came from Browning.’
‘How did he dress for it?’ asked Mrs. Beecher. ‘We are invited to the Aston’s dress ball, and I want something suitable for George.’
‘It was a most charming dress. Red and black all over, something like Mephistopheles, you know, and a peaked hat with a bell at the top. Then he had a flute, of course, and a thin wire from his waist with a stuffed rat at the end of it.’
‘A rat! How horrid!’
‘Well, that was the story, you know. The rats all followed the Pied Piper, and so this rat followed Frank. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ Patt-Beatson always wanted to lay down the law. Perhaps on the whole it would be better to start the society quietly among themselves, and then gradually to increase it. The first meeting should be next Wednesday, at Mrs. Crosse’s house, and Mrs. Hunt Mortimer would bring her complete two-volume edition with her. Mrs. Beecher thought that one volume would be enough just at first, but Mrs. Hunt Mortimer said that it was better to have a wide choice. Maude went home and told Frank in the evening. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ Our ambition must be to so master him that he becomes from this time forward part and parcel of ourselves. I fancy that the difficulties in understanding him have been very much exaggerated, and that with goodwill and perseverance we shall manage to overcome them.’
It was a relief to Mrs. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ Beecher, who was fond of generalising from her six months’ experience of matrimony. ‘A husband to a wife’ would be intelligible, but how can you know what any husband would say to any wife? No one can really foretell what a man will do. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ We might form a little Browning Society of our own.’
‘Charming! Charming!’
And so it was agreed.
There was only one other point to be settled at this their inaugural meeting, which was, to choose the other ladies who should be admitted into their literary circle. There were to be no men.
‘They do distract one so,’ said Mrs. Hunt Mortimer.
The great thing was to admit no one save those earnest spirits who would aspire to get the full benefit from their studies. Mrs. Fortescue could not be thought of, she was much too talkative. And Mrs. Jones had such a frivolous mind. Mrs. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus… (1899)

“ Hunt Mortimer remorselessly. ‘I am afraid that it is almost time that I started, but we may still be able to skim over a few pages. Now then! There! Setebos! What a funny name!’
‘What does it mean?’ asked Maude.
‘We shall find out, no doubt, as we proceed,’ said Mrs. Hunt Mortimer. ‘We shall take it line by line and draw the full meaning from it. The first line is -
‘Will sprawl now that the heat of day is best - ’
‘Who will?’ asked Mrs. ”

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