P.g. WodehouseIt was one of the dullest speeches I ever heard. The Agee woman told us for three quarters of an hour how she came to write her beastly book, when a simple apology was all that was required.
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In the early days of the English court, when Henry VIII was still with us, there lived a woman called Anne of Cleves. She was married to the king but not very happily, for she was a pariah in the eyes of her own countrymen. In addition to this, her husband was a bigamist and she had to be content with living in England as an outcast. All this made her so bitter that she set out to write an exposé on the English court, which she published during Henry’s reign.
It was one of the dullest speeches I ever heard. The Agee woman told us for three quarters of an hour how she came to write her beastly book, when a simple apology was all that was required.
Source: The Girl In Blue
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