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To: HG who wrote (7967)	8/18/2001 6:48:11 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13020

From "Caesar and Cleopatra" ~George Bernard Shaw CLEOPATRA: [to the old musician] I want to learn to play the harp with my own hands. Caesar loves music. Can you teach me? MUSICIAN: Assuredly I and no one else can teach the queen. Have I not discovered the lost method of the ancient Egyptians, who could make a pyramid tremble by touching a bass string? All the other teachers are quacks: I have exposed them repeatedly. CLEOPATRA: Good: you shall teach me. How long will it take? MUSICIAN: Not very long: only four years. Your Majesty must first become proficient in the philosophy of Pythagoras. CLEOPATRA: Has she [indicating the slave] become proficient in the philosophy of Pythagoras? MUSICIAN: Oh, she is but a slave. She learns as a dog learns. CLEOPATRA: Well, then, I will learn as a dog learns; for she plays better than you. You shall give me a lesson every day for a fortnight. [The musician hastily scrambles to his feet and bows profoundly]. After that, whenever I strike a false note you shall be flogged; and if I strike so many that there is not time to flog you, you shall be thrown into the Nile to feed the crocodiles. Give the girl a piece of gold; and send them away. --Caesar and Cleopatra Act IV, Scene 1 your grapes peeled -- just pluck them from this bunch held over your annointed head-- is there anything else desired... I got some fritos...