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Fables for the Fair
when Your Mantle is Medium Length, I have No Means of Judging."
"I am Sure that All you Need is a little More Practice," said the Great Tenor, "and it would Give me Great Pleasure to Place a Chair in the Orchestra at your Disposal for To-morrow Night, when I will See that my Mantle is Unmistakably Shortened. I should be Glad to Include your Cousin but Unfortunately I have No More Seats Left."
This teaches us that the Parquet is Not Paved with Good Intentions.
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