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1913 · PDF PAGE 3

The Writing On the Ground

…e could hope him to be mere victim of Religious mania!) i vilifying his dead friend, seeking to right himself with Heaven.— Oh, fears of Hell and hopes of Paradise!” It has its grimly humorous aspect. * “The First Stone,”’ by T. W. H. Crosland. 3

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1913 · PDF PAGE 7

The Writing On the Ground

…as betrothed unto a noble lady. On learning this, Francisco remarked :— “Blood of Christ— Betrothed !—What word is that? Curled flame of Hell ! Thou art betrothed? Giovanni! thou, my friend ! O! five red wounds of God, and Mary’s mouth! How hast thou dared it?” A mock-terrible scene follows, in which Giovanni tries to persuade his friend that it will make no real difference to their relations. Francisco pre- tends to be convinced, but determines to poison himself and his friend. So Francisco proposes to drink the health of Death as a kind of jo…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 4

The Writing On the Ground

…rses, briefly and with more restraint that I feel able to use, sum up my thesis. A SLIM GILT SOUL.* Few men are given, ‘twixt heaven and hell, ‘To play one part supremely well. On all time's tablets there are few Who make a first-rate show of two, While those who perfectly play three We knew not, until you were he. For what were lovelier on the lawn Than you, pearl-naked to the dawn, Wrapped in a scarlet dressing-gown Not thirty miles from London town, The " observed of all observers ""—save That Scotland Yard, serene and suav When trouble came…

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