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unearths some literary gems.
A few more snippets from Robert Graves:
***[from "But It Still Goes On"]CHARLOTTE (utterly surprised): Well, I go to Chicago![Yes, this is an ejaculation or oath--which, at a glance, I see no evidence of existing outside this one line of dialogue by Graves. It has a nice ring to it, imho! (:v> Note that Graves and his characters are British, so Chicago can serve as a little more of a Timbuktu than it might to us Americans.]***[from "Horses: A Play for Children"][Just a Continuing Coincidence Report here: There's a bit about a child encountering a hippo, or rather someone dressed as a hippo.]***[from "How Mad Are Hatters?"]Hatters are no madder than the customers at whose orders they design lofty belfries for bats, snug bonnets for bees....[Graves also speculates as to whether "mad" hatters were, etymologically, really "mad otters," i.e., otters behaving giddily during mating season.]***
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