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From first to last
A myriad of water drops
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And you, I love you for it
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Are the force that moves
And holds the form
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Ladies and gentlemen,
you've just heard a snippet...
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...from one of only two copies of this
poem by Mr. Randolph Henry Ash...
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...poet laureate to Queen Victoria
herself.
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And this gorgeous ode to his nuptial
bliss, written in his own hand...
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...begins our bidding today.
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May we start the bidding,
please, at 40,000 pounds?
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- Bit of an old monster.
- Yeah.
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But an important monster.
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- It's Randolph Ash's.
- Yes.
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Who are you with again?
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- I'm Roland Michell.
- Who?
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- Professor Blackadder's assistant.
- Isn't that Dr. Wolfe?
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Was. Fergus got the lectureship
at St. John's over me.
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Of course he did.
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Yes, Dr. Wolfe mentioned you.
You're that American who's over here.
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I'm sure there are others.
After all, you are our favorite colony.
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Any further offers on 10,000 pounds?
11,000 pounds.
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So when do your little suffragist
trinkets come up?
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Look! Maud, it's Mortimer Cropper.