"Лорд Дансени. The Lost Silk Hat (Потерянная шелковая шляпа) (англ.)" - читать интересную книгу автора

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But I think, if you don't mind, as there's someone
there --
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Oh, but she's quite young and very, very beautiful
and --
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Why don't you get it yourself?
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That is impossible.
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Impossible?
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Yes, I have sprained my ankle.
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Oh! Is it bad?
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Yes, very bad indeed.
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I don't mind trying to carry you up.
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No, that would be worse. My foot has to be kept on the
ground.
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But how will you get home?
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I can walk all right on the flat.
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I'm afraid I have to be going on. It's rather later
than I thought.
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But for goodness sake don't leave me. You can't leave
me here like this without a hat.
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I'm afraid I must, it's later than I thought.

{Exit}

{Enter the Poet}
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Excuse me, sir. Excuse my stopping you. But I should
be immensely obliged to you if you would do me a very
great favor. I have unfortunately left my hat behind
while calling at this house. It is half under the long
sofa, at the far end. If you could possibly be so kind
as to pretend you have come to tune the piano and fetch
my hat for me I should be enormously grateful to you.
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But why cannot you get it for yourself?
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