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[Illustration: AGGRAVATING FLIPPANCY.
_The Professor_ (_who has just come back from the North Pole_).
"----AND THE FAUNA OF THESE INHOSPITABLE REGIONS IS AS POOR AS THE
FLORA! YOU COULDN'T NAME A DOZEN ANIMALS WHO MANAGE TO LIVE THERE."
_Mrs. Malapert._ "OH--I DARE SAY I COULD!"
_The Professor._ "REALLY--WHAT _ARE_ THEY?"
_Mrs. Malapert._ "WELL, NOW--FIVE POLAR BEARS, LET US SAY, AND--AND
SEVEN SEALS!"]
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