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Living Alone

CHAPTER I
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"There is an uninterned German baker after me." "And why did you steal it ?" asked Miss Ford, pronouncing the H in "why" with a haughty and terrifying sound of suction.
The Stranger sighed.

"Because I couldn't afford to buy it." "And why could you not afford to buy the bun ?" asked Miss Ford.

"A big strong girl like you." You will notice that she had had a good deal of experience in social work.
The Stranger said: "Up till ten o'clock this morning I was of the leisured classes like yourselves.

I had a hundred pounds." Lady Arabel was one of the kindest people in the world, but even she quivered at the suggestion of a common leisure.

The sort of clothes the Stranger wore Lady Arabel would have called "too dretful." If one is well dressed one is proud, and may look an angel in the eye.


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