[The Blunders of a Bashful Man by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor]@TWC D-Link bookThe Blunders of a Bashful Man CHAPTER IV 10/12
I said I would. "And you'll come, Mr.Flutter, won't you? It'll be a failure unless _you_ are there.
You must _promise_ to come.
We won't go out of this store till you do.
And, oh, don't forget to bring _your purse_ along. We expect all the young gentlemen to _come prepared_, you know." There is no doubt that I went to the fair.
It made my heart ache to do it--for I'd already been pretty extravagant, one way and another--but I put a ten-dollar bill in my wallet, resolved to spend every cent of it rather than appear mean. I don't know whether I appeared mean or not; I do know that I spent every penny of that ten dollars, and considerable more besides.
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