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That deaf old man | |||
With his hand to his ear-- | |||
His hand to his head stood out like a shell, | |||
Horny and hollow. He said, "I can't hear," | |||
He muttered, "Don't shout, | |||
I can hear very well!" | |||
He mumbled, "I can't catch a word; | |||
I can't follow." | |||
Then Jack with a voice like a Protestant bell | |||
Roared--"Particulars! Farmhouse! At 10 quid a year!" | |||
"I dunno wot place you are talking about." | |||
Said the deaf old man. | |||
Said Jack, "What the Hell!" | |||
But the deaf old man took a pin from his desk, picked | |||
a piece of wool the size of a hen's egg from his ear, | |||
had a good look at it, decided in its favour and re- | |||
placed it in the aforementioned organ. | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
Revision as of 07:46, 13 February 2008
| Poems ~ 'Deaf House Agent' written by Katherine Mansfield |
| 1923. | Link to further information |
That deaf old man
With his hand to his ear--
His hand to his head stood out like a shell,
Horny and hollow. He said, "I can't hear,"
He muttered, "Don't shout,
I can hear very well!"
He mumbled, "I can't catch a word;
I can't follow."
Then Jack with a voice like a Protestant bell
Roared--"Particulars! Farmhouse! At 10 quid a year!"
"I dunno wot place you are talking about."
Said the deaf old man.
Said Jack, "What the Hell!"
But the deaf old man took a pin from his desk, picked
a piece of wool the size of a hen's egg from his ear,
had a good look at it, decided in its favour and re-
placed it in the aforementioned organ.
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