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           Auditively,Bloom’s:Thetraditionalaccentoftheecstasyofcatastrophe.

           WhatfuturecareershadbeenpossibleforBloominthepastandwithwhatexemplars?

           Inthechurch,Roman,AnglicanorNonconformist:exemplars,theveryreverendJohnConmeeS.J.,thereverendT.Salmon,D.D.,provostofTrinitycollege,DrAlexanderJ.Dowie.Atthebar,EnglishorIrish:exemplars,SeymourBushe,K.C.,RufusIsaacs,K.C.Onthestage,modernorShakespearean:exemplars,CharlesWyndham,highcomedian,OsmondTearle(†1901),exponentofShakespeare.

           Didthehostencouragehisguesttochantinamodulatedvoiceastrangelegendonanalliedtheme?

           Reassuringly,theirplace,wherenonecouldhearthemtalk,beingsecluded,reassured,thedecoctedbeverages,allowingforsubsolidresidualsedimentofamechanicalmixture,waterplussugarpluscreampluscocoa,havingbeenconsumed.

           Recitethefirst(major)partofthischantedlegend.

           LittleHarryHughesandhisschoolfellowsall

           Wentoutfortoplayball.

           AndtheveryfirstballlittleHarryHughesplayed

           Hedroveito’erthejew’sgardenwall.

           AndtheverysecondballlittleHarryHughesplayed

           Hebrokethejew’swindowsall.

           HowdidthesonofRudolphreceivethisfirstpart?

           Withunmixedfeeling.Smiling,ajew,heheardwithpleasureandsawtheunbrokenkitchenwindow.

           Recitethesecondpart(minor)ofthelegend.

           Thenouttherecamethejew’sdaughter

           Andshealldressedingreen.

           “Comeback,comeback,youprettylittleboy,

           Andplayyourballagain.”

           Ican’tcomebackandIwon’tcomeback

           Withoutmyschoolfellowsall.