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'Tlease do not be alarmed. This just needs elucidation;
" 'Virgin Queen' is a term that requires interpretation— "
"Oho!" said Mae. "Why, then okay; "That's just the dish for me to play —
Said George:
"You accept, my dear lady! My word, that is
charming!
"There remains one condition, all critics disarming.
" Since Elizabeth held so supreme a position, "We felt sure you would welcome some help with your diction."
11"//// that he handed her his present,
A bonk as huge as he could carry. Mae took one look, then shrieked;
The volume was a dictionary!
"Big boy, I like you nerve!" she cried;
"I've never had my pride so tried. "Just know that I don't need that stuff;
"I can make muh meanin' plain enough. "When I set out to have my say,
"You bet your hat I gotta way, "Which every man can understan'."
She let her hips sway,
While George cried in dismay,
"My dear lady, I just thought I should bring thisi
"And also sav I would gladlv impart the King's
English!"
"Oh, yeah?" said she. "Well, I'm no fool; "I'm wise to what they call 'old school' — "
In a fit of most furious rage
She started ripping the book page by page, He coidd merely emit hums and haws
Till a startling new notion brought pause —
"I say!" she mused. "It might be so — "Put on your act! Let's go!"
" Well, you see," he replied, "it's in the inflection. "Both the lips must be moved in the proper direction."
"Oho!" said Mae. "Please demonstrate; "This has a chance to turn out great —
So he pursed both his lips and he said, "Please discern,
"That to each little sound you must give the
right turn — "
"I know," said Mae, "but I can't see "When you're so far away from me.
"Come near — yes, nearer yet;
"There's somethun there I gotta get
And then their lips met.
* * *
There was a sizzling, burning sound,
Thru ,75 Old English to the ground Did slump, and fall, into his eyes
Came mingled joy and great surprise.
"Ah, dear me!" he did murmur. "It is perfect, divine —
"Dear Miss West, your inflection is better than
mine!"
And as his soul passed slowly awa v
Our Mae only smiled and let her hips sway. . . .
Into his eyes came mingled joy and great surprise. "It is perfect, divine — "
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