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I erected a tomb to her at considerable personal expense, but I don't begrudge it  no, I don't begrudge it, Miss Hugonin. She was very hard to live with. But she was an angel, and angels are rare. I ERECTED A TOMB TO HER AT CONSIDERABLE PERSONAL EXPENSE BUT I DON'T BEGRUDGE IT NO I DON'T BEGRUDGE IT MISS HUGONAN SHE WAS VERY HARD TO LIVE WITH BUT SHE WAS AN ANGEL AND ANGELS ARE RARE
thanked him with a smile, and began to think wistfully of the Ladies' League accounts. Still, he was a good man; and she endeavoured to persuade herself that she considered his goodness to atone for his flabbiness and his fleshiness and his interminable verbosity--which she didn't. Mr. Jukesbury sighed. "A naughty world," said he, with pathos--"a very naughty world, which really does not deserve the honour of including you in its census reports. Yet I dare say it has the effrontery to put you down in the tax-lists; it even puts me down--me, an humble worker in the vineyard, with both hands set to the plough. And if I don't pay up it sells me out. A very naughty world, indeed! I dare say," Mr. Jukesbury observed, raising his eyes--not toward heaven, but toward the Eagle, "that its conduct, as the poet says, creates considerable distress among the angels. I don't know. I am not acquainted with many angels. My wife was an angel, but she is now a lifeless form. She has been for five years. CONSIDERABLE PROPERTY MARGARET THANKED HIM WITH A SMILE AND BEGAN TO THINK WISTFULLY OF THE LADY'S LEAGUE ACCOUNTS STILL HE WAS A GOOD MAN AND SHE ENDEAVOURED TO PERSUADE HERSELF THAT SHE CONSIDERED HIS GOODNESS TO ATONE FOR HIS FLABBINESS AND HIS FLESHINESS AND HIS INTERMINABLE VERBOSITY WHICH SHE DIDN'T MISTER JEWKESBURY SIGHED A NAUGHTY WORLD SAID HE WITH PATHOS A VERY NAUGHTY WORLD WHICH REALLY DOES NOT DESERVE THE HONOUR OF INCLUDING YOU IN ITS SENSUS REPORTS YET I DARE SAY IT HAS THE EFFRONTERY TO PUT YOU DOWN IN THE TAX LISTS IT EVEN PUTS ME DOWN ME AN HUMBLE WORKER IN THE VINEYARD WITH BOTH HANDS SET TO THE PLOUGH AND IF I DON'T PAY UP IT SELLS ME OUT A VERY NAUGHTY WORLD INDEED I DARE SAY MISTER JEWKESBURY OBSERVED RAISING HIS EYES NOT TOWARD HEAVEN BUT TOWARD THE EAGLE THAT ITS CONDUCT AS THE POET SAYS CREATES CONSIDERABLE DISTRESS AMONG THE ANGELS I DON'T KNOW I AM NOT ACQUAINTED WITH MANY ANGELS MY WIFE WAS AN ANGEL BUT SHE IS NOW A LIFELESS FORM SHE HAS BEEN FOR FIVE YEARS
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