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"A husband who comes home with the Gulf Stream _would_ be rather a tied  up asset." "His wife is exceedingly sensible about it. She collects postage stamps. Such a resource. Those people with her are the Whimples, very old acquaintances of mine; they're always having trouble, poor things." "Trouble is not one of those fancies you can take up and drop at any moment; it's like a grouse moor or the opium habit  once you start it you've got to keep it up." A HUSBAND WHO COMES HOME WITH THE GULF STREAM WOULD BE RATHER A TIED UP ASSET HIS WIFE IS EXCEEDINGLY SENSIBLE ABOUT IT SHE COLLECTS POSTAGE STAMPS SUCH A RESOURCE THOSE PEOPLE WITH HER ARE THE WHIMPLES VERY OLD ACQUAINTANCES OF MINE THEY'RE ALWAYS HAVING TROUBLE POOR THINGS TROUBLE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE FANCIES YOU CAN TAKE UP AND DROP AT ANY MOMENT IT'S LIKE A GROUSE MOORE OR THE OPIUM HABIT ONCE YOU START IT YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP IT UP
aco or any of those places as at Exeter, let us say." "Scandal, my dear Irene--I may call you Irene, mayn't I?" "I don't know that you have known me long enough for that." "I've known you longer than your god-parents had when they took the liberty of calling you that name. Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum. Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people. Tell me, who is the woman with the old lace at the table on our left? Oh, _that_ doesn't matter; it's quite the thing nowadays to stare at people as if they were yearlings at Tattersall's." "Mrs. Spelvexit? Quite a charming woman; separated from her husband"-- "Incompatibility of income?" "Oh, nothing of that sort. By miles of frozen ocean, I was going to say. He explores ice-floes and studies the movements of herrings, and has written a most interesting book on the home-life of the Esquimaux; but naturally he has very little home-life of his own. EGINALD IS AS MUCH TO BE AVOIDED AT MONACO OR ANY OF THOSE PLACES AS AT EXETER LET US SAY SCANDAL MY DEAR IRENE I MAY CALL YOU IRENE MAYN'T I I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE KNOWN ME LONG ENOUGH FOR THAT I'VE KNOWN YOU LONGER THAN YOUR GOD PARENTS HAD WHEN THEY TOOK THE LIBERTY OF CALLING YOU THAT NAME SCANDAL IS MERELY THE COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCE WHICH THE GAY MAKE TO THE HUMDRUM THINK HOW MANY BLAMELESS LIVES ARE BRIGHTENED BY THE BLAZING INDISCRETIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE TELL ME WHO IS THE WOMAN WITH THE OLD LACE AT THE TABLE ON OUR LEFT OH THAT DOESN'T MATTER IT'S QUITE THE THING NOWADAYS TO STARE AT PEOPLE AS IF THEY WERE YEARLINGS AT TATTERSALL'S MISSUS SPELVEXIT QUITE A CHARMING WOMAN SEPARATED FROM HER HUSBAND INCOMPATIBILITY OF INCOME OH NOTHING OF THAT SORT BY MILES OF FROZEN OCEAN I WAS GOING TO SAY HE EXPLORES ICE FLOES AND STUDIES THE MOVEMENTS OF HERRINGS AND HAS WRITTEN A MOST INTERESTING BOOK ON THE HOME LIFE OF THE ESQUIMAUX BUT NATURALLY HE HAS VERY LITTLE HOME LIFE OF HIS OWN
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