It's the one badger I find obnoxious." _True Love_ (impatiently).--"That's just the perversity of things.

I could put a stop to the protestations of the many; I should like nothing better--but the pertinacity of the one! Ah, well! I can't drop that without putting an end to my existence." _Bailiff's Daughter_ (politely).--"I shouldn't think of suggesting anything so extreme." _True Love_ (quoting).--"'Mrs.Hauksbee proceeded to take the conceit out of Pluffles as you remove the ribs of an umbrella before re-covering.' However, you couldn't ask me anything seriously that I wouldn't do, dear Mistress Perversity." _Bailiff's Daughter_ (yielding a point).--"I'll put that boldly to the proof.

Say you don't love me!" _True Love_ (seizing his advantage).--"I don't! It's imbecile and besotted devotion! Tell me, when may I come to take you away ?" _Bailiff's Daughter_ (sighing).--"It's like asking me to leave Heaven." {Phoebe and Gladwish: p115.jpg} _True Love_.--"I know it; she told me where to find you,--Thornycroft is the seventh poultry-farm I've visited,--but you could never leave Heaven, you can't be happy without poultry, why that is a wish easily gratified.
I'll get you a farm to-morrow; no, it's Saturday, and the real estate offices close at noon, but on Monday, without fail.

Your ducks and geese, always carrying it along with you.

All you would have to do is to admit me; Heaven is full of twos.