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"Their eldest son was such a disappointment to them; they wanted him to be a linguist, and spent no end of money on having him taught to speak  oh, dozens of languages!  and then he became a Trappist monk. THEIR ELDEST SON WAS SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT TO THEM THEY WANTED HIM TO BE A LINGUIST AND SPENT NO END OF MONEY ON HAVING HIM TAUGHT TO SPEAK OH DOZENS OF LANGUAGES AND THEN HE BECAME A TRAPPIST MONK
ho 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." "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. G 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 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
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