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The Plot against the Giant

First Girl
When this yokel comes maundering, Whetting his hacker, I shall run before him, Diffusing the civilest odors Out of geraniums and unsmelled flowers. It will check him.
Second Girl
I shall run before him, Arching cloths besprinkled with colors As small as fish-eggs. The threads Will abash him.
Third Girl
Oh, la . . . le pauvre! I shall run before him, With a curious puffing. He will bend his ear then. I shall whisper Heavenly labials in a world of gutturals. It will undo him.

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