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English
1868
The revenge of an elder sister may be long in coming, but, like a South Eastern express, it arrives in its own good time. THE REVENGE OF AN ELDER SISTER MAY BE LONG IN COMING BUT LIKE A SOUTH EASTERN EXPRESS IT ARRIVES IN ITS OWN GOOD TIME
at are so necessary for our discomfort." REGINALD ON BESETTING SINS: THE WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH There was once (said Reginald) a woman who told the truth. Not all at once, of course, but the habit grew upon her gradually, like lichen on an apparently healthy tree. She had no children--otherwise it might have been different. It began with little things, for no particular reason except that her life was a rather empty one, and it is so easy to slip into the habit of telling the truth in little matters. And then it became difficult to draw the line at more important things, until at last she took to telling the truth about her age; she said she was forty-two and five months--by that time, you see, she was veracious even to months. It may have been pleasing to the angels, but her elder sister was not gratified. On the Woman's birthday, instead of the opera-tickets which she had hoped for, her sister gave her a view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is not quite the same thing. ORG THIS READING BY GRAHAM REDMAN REGINALD SHORT STORIES BY SARKE REGINALD ON BESETTING SINS THE WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH THERE WAS ONCE SAID REGINALD A WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH NOT ALL AT ONCE OF COURSE BUT THE HABIT GREW UPON HER GRADUALLY LIKE LICHEN ON AN APPARENTLY HEALTHY TREE SHE HAD NO CHILDREN OTHERWISE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IT BEGAN WITH LITTLE THINGS FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON EXCEPT THAT HER LIFE WAS A RATHER EMPTY ONE AND IT IS SO EASY TO SLIP INTO THE HABIT OF TELLING THE TRUTH IN LITTLE MATTERS AND THEN IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO DRAW THE LINE AT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS UNTIL AT LAST SHE TOOK TO TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HER AGE SHE SAID SHE WAS FORTY TWO AND FIVE MONTHS BY THAT TIME YOU SEE SHE WAS VORACIOUS EVEN TO MONTHS IT MAY HAVE BEEN PLEASING TO THE ANGELS BUT HER ELDER SISTER WAS NOT GRATIFIED ON THE WOMAN'S BIRTHDAY INSTEAD OF THE OPERA TICKETS WHICH SHE HAD HOPED FOR HER SISTER GAVE HER A VIEW OF JERUSALEM FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES WHICH IS NOT QUITE THE SAME THING
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