The Rosicrucian Scandal

Maruens. Yes Sconrio, K.C. And that is all there is against Mr. Crowley ? Matus. There is“ The Sword of Song: Scowrio, K.C. What is that ? Maries, Out of some bi two (some say four) the initials of whose words make other most wproper words.* Sconvio, KC. Did anyone discover this before you did ? Maras Sconr4o, K.C. Did Captain Poller in his three years’ laborious study of Mr, Crowley's works discover it? Marans, No, ‘onPIO, K.C, Is there any point in these—do you call thy jokes? Maruses. Nopoint at all Sconvi0, K.C. Are Mr, Crowley's jokes usually pointless? Maries. Alas, no! Sconbio, K.C. And did not the reviewers discover this? Maries, Unfortunately, no. On the contrary, Mr. G. K. Chesterton wrote a column in the Daily Nees, in which the book is treated as a serious contribution to Philosophy. Scorpio, KC. Is there anything else? Maruens, There's the # Mothers Tragedy’ ‘Scorrio, K.C. What is that? Maries. "A book of poems one of w which T blush to mention. Scourio, K.C. Has any wretch previously dealt with it? Marien’. Yes. Scorrio, KC. Who? Marites, Sophoclesin Oedipus Rex; Shakespeare in Hamlet and in Pericles; Malory in Morte d’Arthur; Byron in Parisina, Manfred, ‘and other poems ; Shelley in the Cenci, Rosalind and Helen, and in Laon and Cythna; Wilde in Salome; Ford in ‘The Unnatural Combat she’s a Whore; Moses, Wagner, Schiller, Alfieri, and many’ other authors of the highest reputation SconPIo, K.C, But Mr, Crowley tries to self his works by printing reviews which describe them as “revolting”? Marites, Yes, that’s the bad part Sconvo, K.C. "Has not Mr. Crowley habitually reprinted all sorts of reviews of his works, good and bad, with a giant's contempt for reviewers? Mariuns, Of course. th deals with a subject