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You know there must be, beautiful!" The poet laughed. "That," said he, affably, "is poppycock. You are repeating the sort of thing I said to you yesterday. I am honest now. YOU KNOW THERE MUST BE BEAUTIFUL THE POET LAUGHED THAT SAID HE AFFABLY IS POPPYCOCK YOUR REPEATING THE SORT OF THING I SAID TO YOU YESTERDAY I AM HONEST NOW
birth does not count for much. Of course, it is quite true that all of our remote ancestors came over with William the Conqueror--I have sometimes thought that the number of steerage passengers his ships would accommodate must have been little short of marvellous--but it is equally true that the grandfathers of most of our leisure class were either deserving or dishonest persons--who either started life on a farm, and studied Euclid by the firelight and did all the other priggish things they thought would look well in a biography, or else met with marked success in embezzlement. So money, after all, is our only standard; and when a woman is as rich as you were yesterday she cannot hope for friends any more than the Queen of England can. You could have plenty of flatterers, toadies, sycophants--anything, in fine, but friends." "I don't believe it," said Margaret, half angrily--"not a word of it. There _must_ be some honest people in the world who don't consider that money is everything. ERSON IN A THOUSAND HAS ANY AND BIRTH DOES NOT COUNT FOR MUCH OF COURSE IT IS QUITE TRUE THAT ALL OF OUR REMOTE ANCESTORS CAME OVER WITH WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT THAT THE NUMBER OF STEERAGE PASSENGERS HIS SHIPS WOULD ACCOMMODATE MUST HAVE BEEN LITTLE SHORT OF MARVELLOUS BUT IT IS EQUALLY TRUE THAT THE GRANDFATHERS OF MOST OF OUR LEISURE CLASS WERE EITHER DESERVING OR DISHONEST PERSONS WHO EITHER STARTED LIFE ON A FARM AND STUDIED EUCLID BY THE FIRELIGHT AND ALL THE OTHER PRIGGISH THINGS THEY THOUGHT WOULD LOOK WELL IN A BIOGRAPHY OR ELSE MET WITH MARKED SUCCESS AND EMBEZZLEMENT SO MONEY AFTER ALL IS OUR ONLY STANDARD AND WHEN A WOMAN IS AS RICH AS YOU WERE YESTERDAY SHE CANNOT HOPE FOR FRIENDS ANY MORE THAN THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND CAN YOU COULD HAVE PLENTY OF FLATTERERS TOADIES SYCOPHANTS ANYTHING IN FINE BUT FRIENDS I DON'T BELIEVE IT SAID MARGARET HALF ANGRILY NOT A WORD OF IT THERE MUST BE SOME HONEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO DON'T CONSIDER THAT MONEY IS EVERYTHING
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