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A short story by Ambrose Bierce |
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The Blotted Escutcheon And The Soiled Ermine |
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Title: The Blotted Escutcheon And The Soiled Ermine Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce] A Blotted Escutcheon, rising to a question of privilege, said: "Mr. Speaker, I wish to hurl back an allegation and explain that the spots upon me are the natural markings of one who is a direct descendant of the sun and a spotted fawn. They come of no accident of character, but inhere in the divine order and constitution of things." When the Blotted Escutcheon had resumed his seat a Soiled Ermine rose and said: "Mr. Speaker, I have heard with profound attention and entire approval the explanation of the honourable member, and wish to offer a few remarks on my own behalf. I, too, have been foully calumniated by our ancient enemy, the Infamous Falsehood, and I wish to point out that I am made of the fur of the _Mustela maculata_, which is dirty from birth." [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |