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the fine smile around the mouth, to what stem
he belongs: his demands on Scherezade are
just the same as the dress-maker’s: he must be
excited, he must be brought to shudder all
down the vertebræ, through the very spine:
he must be crammed with mysteries, such
as those which Spriez knew how to connect
and thicken.
Scherezade is beheaded!
Wise, enlightened Sultan! Thou comest in
the form of a schoolboy; thou bearest the
Romans and Greeks together in a satchel on thy
back, as Atlas sustained the world. Do not cast
an evil eye upon poor Scherezade; do not judge
her before thou hast learned thy lesson, and art
a child again, – do not behead Scherezade!
Young, full-dressed diplomatist, on whose
breast we can count, by the badges of honour,
how many courts thou hast visited with thy
princely master, speak mildly of Scherezade’s
name! speak of her in French, that she may be
ennobled above her mother tongue! translate
but one strophe of her song, as badly as thou
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