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"How much better than working his head!"
"And he'll be a bishop--at least."
"Is there anything worse?" growled Morewood disconsolately.
Mrs. Baxter never became angry with him; she turned a fresh side of the
petticoat, smiled sedately, and went on with her work.
"We had whimsy-whamsies last night, hadn't we?" asked May.
"I went to bed," said Morewood.
"But Jenkins in the next parish, who has eight children, must take up
with the Salvation Army. So there's an end of him," continued Mrs.
Baxter. "Not that I pity him--only her."
"They talked till two. I sat up, looking plainer and plainer every
minute."
"Who was talking?"
"Oh, the Dean and Dick." She paused and added, "And later on Mr.
Quisante."
"Quisante grows more and more anomalous every day. It's monstrous of a
man to defy one's power of judgment as he does."
"Does he defy yours?"
"Absolutely. And I hate it."
"I rather like it. You know so well what most people are like in
half-an-hour."
"I'm splendidly forward," remarked Mrs. Baxter, "This isn't an April one.


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