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things--he is not uncivil to PEOPLE."<br />

"Is it a thing or a person when Freddy sings?"<br />

"You can't expect a really musical person to<br />

enjoy comic songs as we do."<br />

"Then why didn't he leave the room? Why sit<br />

wriggling and sneering and spoiling<br />

everyone's pleasure?"<br />

"We mustn't be unjust to people," faltered<br />

Lucy. Something had enfeebled her, and the<br />

case for Cecil, which she had mastered so<br />

perfectly in London, would not come forth in<br />

an effective form. The two civilizations had<br />

clashed--Cecil hinted that they might-- and she<br />

was dazzled and bewildered, as though the<br />

radiance that lies behind all civilization had<br />

blinded her eyes. Good taste and bad taste<br />

were only catchwords, garments of diverse<br />

cut; and music itself dissolved to a whisper<br />

through pine-trees, where the song is not<br />

distinguishable from the comic song.

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