A WRONG INFERENCE.
"You can't always go by appearances, nor even by what you hear," remarked George Rolwy the other day. "I was travelling by train with r » fiiend of mine recently, when two middle-aged 'knuts' entered the compartment and immediately started to converse with ono another in tones plainly audible to us. " 'The Earl of Rosebery didn't look up to the mark,'' one of them said. " 'No, replied the other, 'neither did the Marchioness of Powys. But the Duchess of Cleveland was splendid.'
When they left the carriage I remarked that they seemed to want to impress us with the fact that they were acquainted with everyone in 'Burk's Peerage.
" But my friend, who was a bit of a horticulturist, exploded in laughter. " 'Peerage Imj Wowed!' ho cried. 'They've just como from a flower show. They were talking about dahlias!' ''
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 238, 29 December 1916, Page 5 (Supplement)
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141A WRONG INFERENCE. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 238, 29 December 1916, Page 5 (Supplement)
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