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Denzil Quarrier

CHAPTER III
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Every man is justified in claiming food and shelter and repose.

As things are, many thousands of people in every English county either lack these necessaries altogether, or get them only in return for the accursed badge of pauperdom.

I, for one, am against this state of things, and I sympathize with the men who think that nothing can go right until the fundamental injustice is done away with." Glazzard listened with an inscrutable smile, content to throw in a word of acquiescence from time to time.

But when the necessity of appeasing his robust appetite held Quarrier silent for a few minutes, the guest turned to Lilian and asked her if she made a study of political questions.
"I have been trying to follow them lately," she replied, with simple directness.
"Do you feel it a grievance that you have no vote and no chance of representing a borough ?" "No, I really don't." "I defy any one to find a dozen women who sincerely do," broke in Denzil.

"That's all humbug! Such twaddle only serves to obscure the great questions at issue.


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