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But my husband left me so poor, and I had always been accustomed to the pretty things of life, and I couldn't  I couldn't give them up, Billy. I love them too dearly. So I lie, and toady, and write drivelling talks about things I don't understand, for drivelling women to listen to, and I still have the creature comforts of life. BUT MY HUSBAND LEFT ME SO POOR AND I HAD ALWAYS BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO THE PRETTY THINGS OF LIFE AND I COULDN'T I COULDN'T GIVE THEM UP BILLY I LOVE THEM TOO DEARLY SO I'D LIE AND TOADY AND WRITE DRIVELLING TALKS ABOUT THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND FOR DRIVELLING WOMEN TO LISTEN TO AND I STILL HAVE THE CREATURE COMFORTS OF LIFE
or enough--but deserving!" Mrs. Saumarez snapped her fingers eloquently. "Eh? Shark, eh?" queried Mr. Woods, in some discomfort. She nodded. "He is as bad as Sarah Haggage," she informed him, "and everybody knows what a bloodsucker she is. The Haggage is a disease, Billy, that all rich women are exposed to--'more easily caught than the pestilence, and the taker runs presently mad.' Depend upon it, Billy, those two will have every penny they can get out of your uncle's money." "Peggy's so generous," he pleaded. "She wants to make everybody happy--bring about a general millenium, you know." "She pays dearly enough for her fancies," said Mrs. Saumarez, in a hard voice. Then, after a little, she cried, suddenly: "Oh, Billy, Billy, it shames me to think of how we lie to her, and toady to her, and lead her on from one mad scheme to another!--all for the sake of the money we can pilfer incidentally! We're all arrant hypocrites, you know; I'm no better than the others, Billy--not a bit better. CLASSES HIMSELF UNDER THAT HEAD AND I GRANT YOU HE'S POOR ENOUGH BUT DESERVING MISSUS SOMBRE SNAPPED HER FINGERS ELOQUENTLY ER SHARK EH QUERIED MISTER WOODS IN SOME DISCOMFORT SHE NODDED HE IS AS BAD AS SARAH HAGGAGE SHE INFORMED HIM AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT A BLOODSUCKER SHE IS THE HAGGAGE IS A DISEASE BILLY THAT ALL WHICH WOMEN ARE EXPOSED TO MORE EASILY CAUGHT THAN THE PESTILENCE AND THE TAKER RUNS PRESENTLY MAD DEPEND UPON IT BILLY THOSE TWO WILL HAVE EVERY PENNY THEY CAN GET OUT OF YOUR UNCLE'S MONEY PEGGY'S SO GENEROUS HE PLEADED SHE WANTS TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY BRING ABOUT A GENERAL MILLENNIUM YOU KNOW SHE PAYS DEARLY ENOUGH FOR HER FANCIES SAID MISS SOMRES IN A HARD VOICE THEN AFTER A LITTLE SHE CRIED SUDDENLY OH BILLY BILLY IT SHAMES TO ME TO THINK OF HOW WE LIE TO HER AND TOADY TO HER AND LEAD HER ON FROM ONE MAD SCHEME TO ANOTHER ALL FOR THE SAKE OF THE MONEY WE CAN PILFER INCIDENTALLY WE'RE ALL ARRANT HYPOCRITES YOU KNOW I'M NO BETTER THAN THE OTHERS BILLY NOT A BIT BETTER
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