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You've been pilfering from Peggy for years  pilfering right and left with both hands! YOU'VE BEEN PILFERING FROM PEGGY FOR YEARS PILFERING RIGHT AND LEFT WITH BOTH HANDS
you. But it's a bit awkward, isn't it, that the poor girl will be practically penniless? I really don't know whom she'll turn to now." Then Billy, the diplomatist, received a surprise. "She'll come with me, of course," said Mrs. Haggage. Mr. Woods made an--unfortunately--inaudible observation. "I beg your pardon?" she queried. Then, obtaining no response, she continued, with perfect simplicity: "Margaret's quite like a daughter to me, you know. Of course, she and the Colonel will come with us--at least, until affairs are a bit more settled. Even afterward--well, we have a large house, Billy, and I don't see that they'd be any better off anywhere else." Billy's emotions were complex. "You big-hearted old parasite," his own heart was singing. "If you could only keep that ring of truth that's in your voice for your platform utterances--why, in less than no time you could afford to feed your Afro-Americans on nightingales' tongues and clothe every working-girl in the land in cloth of gold! PPRECIATE IT AND IT'S TRUE WORTH I ASSURE YOU BUT IT'S A BIT AWKWARD ISN'T IT THAT THE POOR GIRL WILL BE PRACTICALLY PENNILESS I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHOM SHE'LL TURN TO NOW THEN BILLY THE DIPLOMATIST RECEIVED A SURPRISE SHE'LL COME WITH ME OF COURSE SAID MISSUS HAGGAGE MISTER WOODS MADE AN UNFORTUNATELY INAUDIBLE OBSERVATION I BEG YOUR PARDON SHE QUERIED THEN OBTAINING NO RESPONSE SHE CONTINUED WITH PERFECT SIMPLICITY MARGARET'S QUITE LIKE A DAUGHTER TO ME YOU KNOW OF COURSE SHE AND THE COLONEL WILL COME WITH US AT LEAST UNTIL AFFAIRS ARE BIT MORE SETTLED EVEN AFTERWARD WELL WE HAVE A LARGE HOUSE BILLY AND I DON'T SEE THAT THEY'D BE ANY BETTER OFF ANYWHERE ELSE BILLY'S EMOTIONS WERE COMPLEX YOU BIG HEARTED OLD PARASITE HIS OWN HEART WAS SINGING IF YOU COULD ONLY KEEP THAT RING OF TRUTH THAT'S IN YOUR VOICE FOR YOUR PLATFORM UTTERANCES WHY IN LESS THAN NO TIME YOU COULD AFFORD TO FEED YOUR APHRO AMERICANS ON NIGHTINGALE'S TONGUES AND CLOTHE EVERY WORKING GIRL IN THE LAND AND CLOTH OF GOLD
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