11/22 The fellow didn't even look at it. I know, because I stuck the second and third pages together as if by accident, and when it came back they were still stuck. "I suppose one ought not to care," said she, "but there is the vulgar necessity of living." "Yes," agreed Mr.Ticke; and then sardonically: "Waterloo Bridge at ebb tide is such a nasty alternative. I could never get over the idea of the drainage." "Oh, I know a better way than that." She chose her words deliberately. |