MISUNDERSTOOD
He was very young and he was in love. "When he had said all the nice things n# coulci think of to his sweetheart, h* realised for the first time in his fife th« many, limitations of tha Englsh language. ■'■.;■
So he started to learn French. H» made good progress and he was proud indeed when he entered the home of hie sweetheart one morning and embracing her exclaimed in moving tones: t<3^ t'dore."
But she was not a French scholar and there was a look of disapproval on her face as she looked at the open door. ' ' Shut ityyourselff f * was her unexpected reply.
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Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 1, 29 May 1930, Page 11
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