The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine故事

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The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine故事
            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."