"Do you still remember that rubbish?"
"Every line."
"I doubt you."
"I will engage to repeat it word for word."
"You would stop short at the first line."
"Challenge me to the experiment."
"I challenge you."
He proceeded to recite the following. He gave it in French, but we must translate, on pain of being unintelligible to some readers.
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"Do you still remember that rubbish?"
"Every line."
"I doubt you."
"I will engage to repeat it word for word," said he.
"You would stop short at the first line."
"Challenge me."
"I challenge you."
He proceeded to recite the following. He gave it in French, but we must translate, and also shorten it a little.
