The size and grandeur of the edifice, indeed, drew down the
ridicule of several of the wits of the age: by one of whom—the facetious Tom
Brown—it was said, "Bedlam is a pleasant place, and abounds with amusements;
—the first of which is the building, so stately a fabric for persons wholly
insensible of the beauty and use of it: the outside being a perfect mockery of the
inside, and admitting of two amusing queries,—Whether the persons that
ordered the building of it, or those that inhabit it, were the maddest? and,
whether the name and thing be not as disagreeable as harp and harrow. “Hotel Ritz!”
Chapter XXXI
ANNA’S TEA PARTY
“I suppose you haven’t the least idea who I am,” Lady Lescelles said, as she
settled herself in Anna’s most comfortable chair. "I expect a very extraordinary person to supper, Rachel," he remarked. I waited for them to get right out of the grounds. "This is strange," said Jack, under his breath. It was just a shabby, stupid, furtive business that
began between us. Some have no males. By this time, Jonathan and the vast mob attending him, had come up, and the
place was rendered almost as light as day by the links. ”
“Friends!” said her father. They went down the great staircase of the building, and, while she sought in
her mind for a beginning, he broke into appreciation of her simple dress and selfcongratulations upon their engagement. I'll be quiet. Horrible memories of things
seen beneath the microscope of the baser forms of life crawled across her mind
and set her shuddering with imagined irritations. You are alone in the world, you
have no one save yourself to consider. ’
‘But you say that I was born here,’ objected Melusine. Now, you know where he is
bound.
Video ID: TW96aWxsYS81LjAgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbzsgY29tcGF0aWJsZTsgQ2xhdWRlQm90LzEuMDsgK2NsYXVkZWJvdEBhbnRocm9waWMuY29tKSAtIDMuMTQ0LjQyLjIwMCAtIDAxLTA3LTIwMjQgMTY6NTU6NTcgLSAxNzk1NzA5MjM4
This video was uploaded to damaulifm.org on 01-07-2024 07:24:52