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"Any of my time?" "Just a little." "I thought so!" said Gilbert loftily. ANY OF MY TIME JUST A LITTLE I THOUGHT SO SAID GILBERT LOFTILY
 catch me answering the Queen of Sheba's letters or the Empress of India's," exclaimed Gilbert, whose pen was emphatically less mighty than his sword. "Hullo, you two! what are you whispering about?" he called to Kathleen and Julia, who were huddled together in a far corner of the long room, gesticulating eloquently. "We've an idea! We've an idea! We've found a way to help!" sang the two girls, pirouetting back into the circle of firelight. "We won't tell till it's all started, but it's perfectly splendid, and practical too." "And so ladylike!" added Julia triumphantly. "How much?" asked Gilbert succinctly. The girls whispered a minute or two, and appeared to be multiplying twenty-five first by fifteen, and then again by twenty. "From three dollars and seventy-five cents to four dollars and a half a week according to circumstances!" answered Kathleen proudly. "Will it take both of you?" "Yes." "All your time?" More nods and whispers and calculation. "No, indeed; only three hours a day.  CHINA AND A COUNCIL IN GERMANY YOU WOULDN'T CATCH ME ANSWERING THE QUEEN ASHEBA'S LETTERS OR THE EMPRESS OF INDIAS EXCLAIMED GILBERT WHOSE PEN WAS EMPHATICALLY LESS MIGHTY THAN HIS SWORD HULLO YOU TWO WHAT ARE YOU WHISPERING ABOUT HE CALLED TO KATHLEEN AND JULIA WHO WERE HUDDLED TOGETHER IN A FAR CORNER OF THE LONG ROOM GESTICULATING ELOQUENTLY WE'VE AN IDEA WE'VE AN IDEA WE'VE AN IDEA WE'VE FOUND LL BE TO HELP SANG THE TWO GIRLS PIROUETTING BACK INTO THE CIRCLE OF FIRELIGHT WE WON'T TELL TILL IT'S ALL STARTED BUT IT'S PERFECTLY SPLENDID AND PRACTICAL TOO AND SO LADYLIKE ADDED JULIA TRIUMPHANTLY HOW MUCH ASKED GILBERT SUCCINCTLY THE GIRLS WHISPERED A MINUTE OR TWO AND APPEARED TO BE MULTIPLYING TWENTY FIVE FIRST BY FIFTEEN AND THEN AGAIN BY TWENTY FROM THREE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY FIVE CENTS TO FOUR DOLLARS AND A HALF A WEEK ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES ANSWERED KATHLEEN PROUDLY WILL IT TAKE BOTH OF YOU YES ALL YOUR TIME MORE NONSEN WHISPERS AND CALCULATION NO INDEED ONLY THREE HOURS A DAY
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