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`` Would n't you ? '' Elisabeth was at war with him , but she was not insensible to the consolation he never failed to afford her when things went wrong . `` Good gracious , no ! England is so well looked after , with county councils and such , that even if an epidemic came here they 'd stamp it out like one o'clock . Do n't frighten yourself with bogeys , Elisabeth , there 's a good girl ! '' `` I feel just the same about newspapers now that I used to feel about Lalla Rookh , '' said Elisabeth confidentially . Christopher was puzzled .