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PARTISAN REVIEW
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pllshillY he/<,re her el little cart Oil IIIhich
stallds a I)\Q cardlward hox , OIl top 4,"hich there is
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Matilda.
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Dessert, ladies and gen tl eillen. And this is t(Jr you , Mr. President, fi'olll London.
And also, Mr. President, there is a big deillonstration in town. I-leading toward
the palace.
BOil apprtit.
Illessieurs, dailles.
Herilles'
Givenchy.
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Exits.
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As the poet said, what is a Illonster without a delllollStr,ltion'
Nowadays they've got to loiter about attL'r hours
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well.
It can't be anything seriom. Especially since the iClreign correspondents dine in
the evening.
Unlike the locals.
Perhaps it's over prices.
Unlikely. Who can be surprised these days by prices'
Maybe the sewL'rS burst again.
Yeah , last night the teillperature dropped rather sharply.
No , more likely it's Illy new decree against beggars.
Maybe one shou ld ca ll the police'
Indeed, Petrovich. Why don 't you give your boys a bu zz and find out what it's
all about.
Okay, but don't finish the chocolate torte without Ille.
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Petrollich ,"alb to the head
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state
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desk , I!lis lip the pholle ellld dials"
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ber.
Mea/Ill
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hile the bear
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to,"ard the ,"illdo," alld stares ollt.1
Gustav, divide the cake by four.
With pleasure.
Not like the briefcase , is it'
Not with the sallle knife.
Ha ha ha.
I can't, Mr. President. National property.
Gustav, you arc a dear' National'
There is your nati on; pushing toward the palace. Presulllably
to
get us.
