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Miss Dace proposed a lecture on prostitution and the injustice in the differing ways in which women and men were treated. It was not, on reflection, a good idea to give such a lecture to an audience including so many military men.
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Miss Mantis Says Her Prayers
Miss Mantis said her evening prayers
Upon a sprig of thyme.
A gentleman in green came by.
‘My dear, you’re just in time.’
He put his arms about her waist
And swore, as lovers do,
‘There’s nothing in the world, my dear,
I would not give to you.’
She took him at his word, my love,
And ate him then and there.
How good of God to send her such
An answer to her prayer!
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Miss Mantis said her evening prayers
Upon a sprig of thyme.
A gentleman in green came by.
‘My dear, you’re just in time.’
He put his arms about her waist
And swore, as lovers do,
‘There’s nothing in the world, my dear,
I would not give to you.’
She took him at his word, my love,
And ate him then and there.
How good of God to send her such
An answer to her prayer!
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On reflection, I wonder if this is entirely fair to military men. My impression, reading books set in this period, was that members of the nobility would be still less likely to enjoy such lectures. Though of course there was a lot of overlap.
I am not sure that Pooh knows what a prostitute is. You will recall that he is a Bear of Very Little Brain, and that Long Words Bother Him. But I think Rabbit knows.
Hmm...Maybe Martha could get something from this. At least, a innocent cover could change the first impression.
Wait. Are you saying Proust is too big a boulder for Pooh to move ?
Military men could be shocked. The war might be lost before the battle even starts.