Our Elizabeth - A Humour Novel by Florence A. (Florence Antoinette) Kilpatrick
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Harley Street Expert,' an 'Ex-M.P.,' 'A Special Crime Investigator,' or
'A Well-known Bishop,' although he has written under all these pseudonyms. Do not blame Henry. In private life he seeks the truth as one who seeks the light, but by profession he is a journalist. Not being an expert in anything, he can write about everything--which is the true test of the born journalist. But to return to Elizabeth. With the remembrance of the similar interview of only a few hours before still rankling in my mind, I looked at her a little austerely. This time it was I who began the causerie. 'First of all I must tell you,' I said, 'that we have no hot water circulator.' 'Carn't abide them things,' commented Elizabeth; 'they bust sometimes and blows folks up.' 'We have no outside help,' I continued. 'An' a good thing, too. One place I was in the char 'elped 'erself to things an' it was me who was blamed fer it.' 'We have no gas-cooker.' 'Well, that's all right, then. Don't understand 'em. Give me a proper kitchen range, that's all I ask.' I looked up hopefully. If all she asked for was a kitchen range I should be glad enough to give her a little thing like that. But the |
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