[A Terrible Temptation by Charles Reade]@TWC D-Link bookA Terrible Temptation CHAPTER V 4/28
She knew I'd never wear it afterward." "Then why don't you turn her off ?" "Who'd take such a useless old hag, if I turned her off ?" "You carry a charity a long way." "I carry everything.
What's the use doing things by halves, good or bad ?" "Well, but that Polly! She is young enough to get her living elsewhere; and she is extremely disrespectful to you." "That she is.
If I wasn't a lady, I'd have given her a good hiding this very day for her cheek!" "Then why not turn her off this very day for her cheek ?" "Well, I'll tell you, since you and I are parted forever.
No, I don't like." "Oh, come! No secrets between friends." "Well, then, the old hag is--my mother." "What ?" "And the young jade--is my sister." "Good Heavens!" "And the page--is my little brother." "Ha, ha, ha!" "What, you are not angry ?" "Angry? no.
Ha, ha, ha!" "See what a hornets' nest you have escaped from.
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