The best of the classic events of the year
We are told by the students of "form,"
Is a foregone conclusion, 'tis perfectly clear,
For the noble possessor of _Orme_.

[Footnote 1: This should really be Burg_ee_, but then it wouldn't
rhyme, and a Poet may drop a _syllable_, if he or she mayn't drop an
H!]

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[Illustration: THE WOMAN THAT WAS!

_Monsieur le Maréchal_ (_who, during the Forties, was a dashing young
Military Attaché at, the French Embassy in London_). "AH, DUCHESS,
AND DO YOU REMEMBER ZE SO BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY MARY GWENDOLEN VERE DE
VERE, ZAT EVERYBODY VENT MAD ABOUT VEN I VAS IN ENGLAND? VEN I TINK OF
'ER, MY 'EARRT BEAT EVEN NOW!"

_The Duchess_ (_née Mary Gwendolen Vere de Vere_). "OH YES, MONSIEUR
LE MARÉCHAL, I REMEMBER HER ONLY TOO WELL!"

_M. le Maréchal._ "VAT 'AS BECAME OF 'ER, MADAME LA DUCHESSE?"

_Her Grace_ (_with a sigh_). "_ELLE N'EST PLUS!_"]

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