{"id":300402,"date":"1973-01-01T00:00:20","date_gmt":"1972-12-31T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/dbnl\/tea-time-tales\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T13:49:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:49:44","slug":"tea-time-tales","status":"publish","type":"dbnl","link":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/en\/dbnl\/tea-time-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tea-time tales\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One day a man put a bullet through his head.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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These were the circumstances:<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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The man was big and strong.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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He occupied a large number of honorary positions.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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He was president of a politico-financial society,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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vice-president-secretary of a purely commercial enterprise,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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patron of all the undergraduate clubs,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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in a word, he believed that every member of society should make<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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himself useful, and that even poets can succour over-tamed<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Prime Ministers.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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One morning towards half past nine a friend found him dead.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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He had telephoned to this friend towards 8.45, excusing himself for<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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the earliness of the call, but praying him therewithal with some<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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insistance to drop in.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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He was seated at his desk, dead, in the classic pose.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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And on the desk for the friend to find was a pocket-book full of<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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observations:<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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a large enveloppe with five seals containing a report with all the<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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necessary supplements on the present state of the politico-<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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financial society;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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a large enveloppe with three seals, containing indications as to the<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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present and future for his successor in the purely commercial<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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enterprise;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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his will, in which neither his wife, nor his off-spring, nor any<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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servant, nor,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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a single undergraduate club, was forgotten;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>
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his dentist’s bill paid, and the money for the rent,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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stamps included, up to the end of the quarter;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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yet another sheet of paper, containing for the friend instructions<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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(and therewithal addresses and costs) as to his funeral, which<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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was to be over at latest at ten past three that very day,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and his pince-nez and his revolver with only one used cartridge.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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And (later was this known)<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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the day of his death, a distant friend learnt the news,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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penned by his own hand and posted twenty-eight days in advance.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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So that, in truth,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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it was rather a singular case.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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And one day, another man, too, put a bullet through his head.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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But he was sickly and neurasthenic,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and could not sleep at night,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and in the morning had to choke down his food,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and soon wearied of seeing people, etc.,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and so, one day,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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this man, too, wrote a letter to a friend, but he scribbled it in haste<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and forgot to seal it down,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and went out carrying a fire-arm.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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But outside the day was fine,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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for the little birds twittered<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and the fair sun shone,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and the young women looked so pretty:<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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so that the man telephoned to his hostess to ask her to tear up the<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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letter without reading it.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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But she shrieked into the ‘phone<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and fainted.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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So that he supposed she had already read the letter,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and made for the country;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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and there, probably with a sigh,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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in the brilliant sunlight, he killed himself.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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And that was also rather a singular case.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Over dit hoofdstuk\/artikel<\/h3>\n

E. du Perron<\/a><\/p>\n

Evelyn Blackett<\/a><\/p>\n
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