Behind the Beyond, and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge. Stephen Leacock

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Название Behind the Beyond, and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge
Автор произведения Stephen Leacock
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he said.

      I started to do so.

      "Close it," he added quickly.

      Then he looked again.

      "The ears are bad," he said; "droop them a little more. Thank you. Now the eyes. Roll them in under the lids. Put the hands on the knees, please, and turn the face just a little upward. Yes, that's better. Now just expand the lungs! So! And hump the neck—that's it—and just contract the waist—ha!—and twist the hip up toward the elbow—now! I still don't quite like the face, it's just a trifle too full, but–"

      I swung myself round on the stool.

      "Stop," I said with emotion but, I think, with dignity. "This face is my face. It is not yours, it is mine. I've lived with it for forty years and I know its faults. I know it's out of drawing. I know it wasn't made for me, but it's my face, the only one I have—" I was conscious of a break in my voice but I went on—"such as it is, I've learned to love it. And this is my mouth, not yours. These ears are mine, and if your machine is too narrow—" Here I started to rise from the seat.

      Snick!

      The photographer had pulled a string. The photograph taken. I could see the machine still staggering from the shock.

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