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He was one of those deep ones who know about stocks and shares. Of course no one really knows, but he quite seemed to know, and he often said stocks were up and shares were down in a way that would have made any woman respect him. HE WAS ONE OF THOSE DEEP ONES WHO KNOW ABOUT STOCKS AND CHAIRS OF COURSE NO ONE REALLY KNOWS BUT HE QUITE SEEMED TO KNOW AND HE OFTEN SAID STOCKS WERE UP AND CHAIRS WERE DOWN IN A WAY THAT WOULD HAVE MADE ANY WOMAN RESPECT HIM
r was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner. The way Mr. Darling won her was this: the many gentlemen who had been boys when she was a girl discovered simultaneously that they loved her, and they all ran to her house to propose to her except Mr. Darling, who took a cab and nipped in first, and so he got her. He got all of her, except the innermost box and the kiss. He never knew about the box, and in time he gave up trying for the kiss. Wendy thought Napoleon could have got it, but I can picture him trying, and then going off in a passion, slamming the door. Mr. Darling used to boast to Wendy that her mother not only loved him but respected him. CAME HER MOTHER WAS THE CHIEF ONE SHE WAS A LOVELY LADY WITH A ROMANTIC MIND AND SUCH A SWEET MOCKING MOUTH HER ROMANTIC MIND WAS LIKE THE TINY BOXES ONE WITHIN THE OTHER THAT COME FROM THE PUZZLING EAST HOWEVER MANY YOU DISCOVER THERE IS ALWAYS ONE MORE AND HER SWEET MOCKING MOUTH HAD ONE KISS ON IT THAT WENDY COULD NEVER GET THOUGH THERE IT WAS PERFECTLY CONSPICUOUS IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER THE WAY MISTER DARLING WON HER WAS THIS THE MANY GENTLEMEN WHO HAD BEEN BOYS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL DISCOVERED SIMULTANEOUSLY THAT THEY LOVED HER AND THEY ALL RAN TO HER HOUSE TO PROPOSE TO HER EXCEPT MISTER DARLING WHO TOOK A GAB AND NIPPED HIM FIRST AND SO HE GOT HER HE GOT ALL OF HER EXCEPT THE INNERMOST BOX AND THE KISS HE NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE BOX AND IN TIME HE GAVE UP TRYING FOR THE KISS WENDY THOUGHT NAPOLEON COULD HAVE GOT IT BUT I CAN PICTURE HIM TRYING AND THEN GOING OFF IN A PASSION SLAMMING THE DOOR MISTER DARLING USED TO BOAST TO WENDY THAT HER MOTHER NOT ONLY LOVED HIM BUT RESPECTED HIM
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