This speech could have marked a place for itself in the rhetoric textbooks as a prime example of high public s

This speech could have marked a place for itself in the rhetoric textbooks as a prime example of high public style! The baroness talked and talked, obviously inspired by the presence of an audience... However, his savage, slow-thinking listeners were incapable of appreciating the lofty spirit of his address. A portion of the crowd stared at the baroness with mouths wide open, others yawned and scratched their noses, and a few were snoring — while standing up!