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Old 06-21-2004, 02:52 AM   #1
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That was the Master Cook to his apprentice Alf:

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"Goodbye for now, Alf," he said. "I leave you to manage things as best you can, which is always very well. I expect it will turn out all right. If we meet again, I hope to hear all about it. Tell them that I've gone on another holiday, but this time I shan't be coming back again."
Sounds familiar...
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Old 06-21-2004, 06:05 AM   #2
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That's the person, Mariska! I do hope that the end of the passage doesn't apply to those who are on vacation from this thread!
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Old 06-21-2004, 06:48 AM   #3
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I do hope that the end of the passage doesn't apply to those who are on vacation from this thread!
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I hate cruelty...
Good luck on the new one.
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Old 06-26-2004, 10:55 AM   #4
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That's Andrew Lang, the Victorian philologist and compiler of variously coloured Fairy Books. Tolkien quotes him in On Fairy-Stories on the subject of mercy and justice in the realm of Faerie.
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Andrew Lang was confused on this point. He was at pains to defend the slaying of the Yellow Dwarf by Prince Ricardo in one of his own fairy-stories. 'I hate cruelty,' he said, '...but that was in a fair fight, sword in hand, and the dwarf, peace to his ashes! died in harness.'
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Old 06-26-2004, 01:41 PM   #5
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Needless to say, that you are absolutely right, Mister Squatter!
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Old 06-27-2004, 03:38 AM   #6
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What have you got there?
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Old 06-27-2004, 06:44 AM   #7
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Caudimordax, a nice big sword with a history, lineage and engravings!
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Only Tailbiter, that was given to me by the King.
Chrysophylax asked, and the title hero, Farmer Giles of Ham, answered.
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