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Aloud, "I'm rather surprised, you know," he said, slowly, "that you take it just this way, Mrs. Haggage. ALOUD I'M RATHER SURPRISED YOU KNOW HE SAID SLOWLY THAT YOU TAKE IT JUST THIS WAY MISSUS HAGGAGE
y evening to dinner. We do not consider money the chief blessing of life; no, don't tell me that most people are different, Billy, for I know it very well, and many is the tear that thought has cost me. We live in a very mercenary world, my dear boy; but _our_ thoughts, at least, are set on higher things, and I trust we can afford to despise the merely temporal blessings of life, and I entreat you to remember that our humble dwelling is always open to the son of my old, old friend, and that there is always a jug of good whiskey in the cupboard." Thus in the shadow of the Eagle babbled the woman whom--for all her absurdities--Margaret had loved as a mother. Billy thanked her with an angry heart. "And this"--I give you the gist of his meditations--"this is Peggy's dearest friend! Oh, Philanthropy, are thy protestations, then, all void and empty, and are thy noblest sentiments--every one of 'em--so full of sound and rhetoric, so specious, so delectable--are these, then, but dicers' oaths! E AND DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU DROP IN ANY EVENING TO DINNER WE DO NOT CONSIDER MONEY THE CHIEF BLESSING OF LIFE NO DON'T TELL ME THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT BILLY FOR I KNOW IT VERY WELL AND MANY IS THE TEAR THAT THOUGHT HAS COST ME WE LIVE IN A VERY MERCENARY WORLD MY DEAR BOY BUT OUR THOUGHTS AT LEAST ARE SET ON HIGHER THINGS AND I TRUST WE CAN AFFORD TO DESPISE THE MERELY TEMPORAL BLESSINGS OF LIFE AND I ENTREAT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT OUR HUMBLE DWELLING IS ALWAYS OPEN TO THE SON OF MY OLD OLD FRIEND AND THAT THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A JUG OF GOOD WHISKY IN THE CUPBOARD THUS IN THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE BABBLED THE WOMAN WHOM FOR ALL HER ABSURDITIES MARGARET HAD LOVED AS A MOTHER BILLY THANKED HER WITH AN ANGRY HEART AND THIS I GIVE YOU THE GIST OF HIS MEDITATIONS THIS IS PEGGY'S DEAREST FRIEND OH PHILANTHROPY ARE THY PROTESTATIONS THEN ALL VOID AND EMPTY AND ARE THY NOBLEST SENTIMENTS EVERY ONE OF EM SO FULL OF SOUND AND RHETORIC SO SPECIOUS SO DELECTABLE ARE THESE THEN BUT DIYSER'S OATHS
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