[The Paying Guest by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThe Paying Guest CHAPTER II 6/25
How is it that you haven't made friends long ago with the sort of people you wish to know? It isn't as if you were in poor circumstances.' 'How _could_ I make friends with nice people when I was ashamed to have them at home? The best I know are quite poor--girls I went to school with.
They're much better educated than I am, but they make their own living, and so I can't see very much of them, and I'm not sure they want to see much of _me_.
I wish I knew what people think of me; they call me vulgar, I believe--the kind I'm speaking of. Now, do tell me, Mrs.Mumford, _am_ I vulgar ?' 'My dear Miss Derrick--' Emmeline began in protest, but was at once interrupted. 'Oh! that isn't what I want.
You must call me Louise, or Lou, if you like, and just say what you really think.
Yes, I see, I _am_ rather vulgar, and what can you expect? Look at mother; and if you saw Mr. Higgins, oh! The mistake I made was to leave school so soon.
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