[The Woman-Haters by Joseph C. Lincoln]@TWC D-Link bookThe Woman-Haters CHAPTER IX 28/44
Or why didn't he drown when he did fall overboard? Then he would have been comfortably dead, at all events.
Why hadn't he stayed in New York or Boston or somewhere and kept on trying for a position, for work--any kind of work? He might have starved while trying, but people who were starving were self-respecting, and when they met other people--for instance, sisters of fellows they used to know--had nothing to be ashamed of and needn't lie--unless they wanted to.
He was a common loafer, under a false name, down on a sandheap washing dishes.
At this point he dropped one of the dishes--a plate--and broke it. "D--n!" observed John Brown, under his breath, but with enthusiasm. He stooped to pick up the fragments of the plate, and, rising once more to an erect position, found himself facing Miss Ruth Graham.
She was standing in the doorway. "Don't mind me, please," she said.
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