[Redbook1:266][19721107:1518]{[...]s’
Rabbit}[7th November 1972]
Tuesday 19721107 1518
I suspect that
the brilliance of [L.O.] will lead him one day to great eminence, and so I
should like to get this dialogue down before I forget it. It is correct essentially here.
Self: What’s the
jugged hare like?
L: Very good.
S: I would have
had some but I’m rather fond of hares – live ones – and they scream like babies
when they’re hurt – rather horrible.
Also, I
don’t like myxomatosis very much.
L: Thank you.
S: Actually
hares don’t get it. There aren’t so many
of them – perhaps that’s why – I have an idea myxomatosis spreads in crowded
conditions.
L: I suppose
rabbits don’t have laws against bigamy.
(Pause)
S: What? [With a horrible feeling that there is
a connection]
L: I mean, it
doesn’t matter if there’s lots of rabbits to one hare.
(Pause)
S: What do you
mean? [Wondering if he’s misunderstood
L.]
[M goes red] [S
wonders how to put this:]
(Pause)
S: Do you mean,
it doesn’t matter if there’s one male hare to lots of female rabbits?
L: Yes. [ -- Relieved that he hasn’t made a frightful
boob?]
S: They’re
different species, actually.
L: Oh. [Goes very red]....
I said I
wouldn’t tell anyone and I haven’t; but it is rather surprising. I believe L took a first both years so far;
he is in other ways very much on the ball.
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