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AN EQUIVOCAL APOLOGY.
Quoth Madam Bas-bleu, “I hear you have saidIntellectual women are always your dread;
Now tell me, dear sir, is it true?”
“Why, yes,” answered Tom, “very likely I may
Have made the remark, in a jocular way;
But then, on my honor, I did n't mean you!”
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