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English
1868
And after a while her friends began to thin out in patches. Her passion for the truth was not compatible with a large visiting list. AND AFTER A WHILE HER FRIENDS BEGAN TO THIN OUT IN PATCHES HER PASSION FOR THE TRUTH WAS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE LARGE VISITING LIST
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. 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 friends of the Woman tried to dissuade her from over-indulgence in the practice, but she said she was wedded to the truth; whereupon it was remarked that it was scarcely logical to be so much together in public. (No really provident woman lunches regularly with her husband if she wishes to burst upon him as a revelation at dinner. He must have time to forget; an afternoon is not enough.) 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 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 FRIENDS OF THE WOMAN TRIED TO DISSUADE HER FROM OVER INDULGENCE IN THE PRACTICE BUT SHE SAID SHE WAS WEDDED TO THE TRUTH WHEREUPON IT WAS REMARKED THAT IT WAS SCARCELY LOGICAL TO BE SO MUCH TOGETHER IN PUBLIC NO REALLY PROVIDENT WOMAN LUNCHES REGULARLY WITH HER HUSBAND IF SHE WISHES TO BURST UPON HIM AS A REVELATION AT DINNER HE MUST HAVE TIME TO FORGET AN AFTERNOON IS NOT ENOUGH
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