Alan Jacobs


U. A. Fanthorpe, "The Wicked Fairy at the Manger"

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My gift for the child: No wife, kids, home; No money sense. Unemployable. Friends, yes. But the wrong sort – The workshy, women, wogs, Petty infringers of the law, persons With notifiable diseases, Poll tax collectors, tarts; The bottom rung. His end? I think we’ll make it Public, prolonged, painful. Right, said the baby. That was roughly What we had in mind.