MS-OSU-RARE-29-6

[0595] Let me tell it again. [0596] (Raconteur's voice.) [0597] An Englishman,
needing a pair of striped trousers in a hurry for the New Year
festivities[⁁] ^{[place = margin left] rejoicings[⁁]}, goes to see his tailor who takes his measure-
ments. [0598] (Voice of tailor.) [0599] "That's the lot ^{[place = supralinear] That'll be all}, come back in
four days, I'll have it ready." [0600] Good. [0601] Four days later.

[0602] Voice of tailor.) [0603] "So sorry, come back in a week, I've
made a mess of the seat." [0604] Good, ^{[place = supralinear] that's} all right, the seat is ^{[place = inline] a neat seat}
never easy ^{[place = margin bottom] a neat seat can be very ticklish [place = margin left] can be very ticklish}." [0605] A week later. [0606] (Voice of tailor.) [0607] ^{[place = supralinear] "}Frightd ^{[place = overwritten] f}ully
sorry, come back in ten days, I've made a hames ^{[place = supralinear] hash} of the
crutch." [0608] Good, can't be helped, the ^{[place = supralinear] a snug} crutch is always
ticklish[⁁] ^{[place = margin bottom] a snug crutch is always a problem teaser. [place = margin left] a teaser}. [0609] Ten days later. [0610] (Voice of tailor.) [0611] "Dreadfully
sorry, come back in a fortnight, I've made a balls of the
fly." [0612] Good, at a pinch, a smart fly is a stiff proposition.

[0613] (Pause. [0614] Normal voice.) [0615] I never told it worse. [0616] (Pause. [0617] Gloomy.)
[0618] I tell this story worse and worse. [0619] (Pause. [0620] Voice of raconteur.)
[0621] Well, to make it short, the daffodils are in flower ^{[place = margin left] bluebells are blowing} and
he botches ^{[place = margin left] makes a balls of} the buttonholes. [0622] (Voice of customer.) [0623] "God damn
it, Sir, no, it's indecent, there are limits! [0624] In six days,
do you hear me, six days, God made the world.

[0625] Yes Sir,
no less Sir, the WORLD! [0626] And you are not bloody well capable
of making me a pair of trousers in three months!" [0627] (Voice of
tailor; ^{[place = inline] ,} scandalized.) [0628] "But, me lord, me lord, ^{[place = supralinear] my dear Sir,} [0629] ^{[place = supralinear] my dear Sir,} [0630] look - (dis-
dainful gesture, with disgust ^{[place = supralinear] disgustedly}) - at the world - (pause)-
and look - (loving gesture, proudly) - at my TROUSERS!"

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