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Besides, she had felt from the first that, in a community where the amenities of living could be obtained only at the cost of efforts as arduous as her husband's professional labors, such brief leisure as they could command should be used as an escape from immediate preoccupations, a flight to the life they always dreamed of living. BESIDES SHE HAD FELT DURING THEIR YEARS OF EXILE THAT IN A COMMUNITY WHERE THE AMENITIES OF LIVING COULD BE OBTAINED ONLY AT THE COST OF EFFORTS AS ARDUOUS AS HER HUSBAND'S PROFESSIONAL LABORS SUCH BRIEF LEISURE AS HE AND SHE COULD COMMAND SHOULD BE USED AS AN ESCAPE FROM IMMEDIATE PREOCCUPATIONS A FLIGHT TO THE LIFE THEY HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF LIVING
?" "Oh, pretty nearly every crime in the calendar." Boyne had tossed the clipping down, and thrown himself comfortably into an arm-chair near the fire. "Do you want to hear the story? It's not particularly interesting -- just a squabble over interests in the Blue Star." "But who is this Elwell? I don't know the name." "Oh, he's a fellow I put into it -- gave him a hand up. I told you all about him at the time." "I daresay. I must have forgotten." Vainly she strained back among her memories. "But if you helped him, why does he make this return?" "Oh, probably some shyster lawyer got hold of him and talked him over. It's all rather technical and complicated. I thought that kind of thing bored you." His wife felt a sting of compunction. Theoretically, she deprecated the American wife's detachment from her husband's professional interests, but in practice she had always found it difficult to fix her attention on Boyne's report of the transactions in which his varied interests involved him. UT WHAT IS IT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THIS MAN ACCUSE YOU OF PRETTY NEARLY EVERY CRIME IN THE CALENDAR BOYNE HAD TOSSED THE CLIPPING DOWN AND THROWN HIMSELF INTO AN ARM CHAIR NEAR THE FIRE DO YOU WANT TO HEAR THE STORY IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY INTERESTING JUST A SQUABBLE OVER INTERESTS IN THE BLUE STAR BUT WHO IS THIS L WILL I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OH HE'S A FELLOW I PUT INTO IT GAVE MY HAND UP I TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT HIM AT THE TIME I DARE SAY I MUST HAVE FORGOTTEN VAINLY SHE STRAINED BACK AMONG HER MEMORIES BUT IF YOU HELPED HIM WHY DOES HE MAKE THIS RETURN PROBABLY SOME SCHYSTER LAWYER GOT HOLD OF HIM AND TALKED HIM OVER IT'S ALL RATHER TECHNICAL AND COMPLICATED I THOUGHT THAT KIND OF THING BORED YOU HIS WIFE FELT A STING OF COMPUNCTION THEORETICALLY SHE DEPRECATED THE AMERICAN WIFE'S DETACHMENT FROM HER HUSBAND'S PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS BUT IN PRACTICE SHE HAD ALWAYS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO FIX HER ATTENTION ON BOYNE'S REPORT OF THE TRANSACTIONS IN WHICH HIS VARIED INTERESTS INVOLVED HIM
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