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ILLUSTRATED: PUNCH, 30 DECEMBER 1893, PAGE 302
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Aunt Phillida: 'The last time I went to a grown-up fancy ball, I went as a wasp. That was only ten years ago. I don't suppose I shall ever again go to a fancy ball as a wasp!' [sighs deeply]
Mary: 'Hardly as a wasp, Aunt Phillida. But you'd look very splendid as a bumble-bee!'](https://chrisbeetles.com/storage/16713/conversions/masonry.jpg)
![A Sensitive Ear
Intelligent Briton: 'but We Have No Theatre, No Actors Worthy of the Name, Mademoiselle! Why, the English Delivery of Blank Verse Is Simply Torture to an Ear Accustomed to Hear It Given Its Full Beauty and Significance by a Bernhardt or a Coquelin!'
Mademoiselle: 'Indeed? I Have Never Heard Bernhardt or Coquelin Recite English Blank Verse!'
Intelligent Briton: 'of Course Not. I Mean French Blank Verse – the Blank Verse of Corneille, Racine, Moliere!'
Mademoiselle: 'Oh, Monsieur, There Is No Such Thing!' [Briton Still Tries to Look Intelligent.]](https://chrisbeetles.com/storage/8395/conversions/masonry.jpg)
