Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
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But there was that about his tone that suggested incomplete satisfaction,
so I pressed him for further details. "She was as sweet as milk about it," he continued; "said it was an excellent idea of George's, and that she thought it would do me good." "That seems all right," I said; "what's wrong about that?" "There's nothing wrong about that," he answered, "but that wasn't all. She went on to talk of other things." "I understand," I said. "There's that bathroom fad of hers," he continued. "I've heard of it," I said; "she has started Ethelbertha on the same idea." "Well, I've had to agree to that being put in hand at once; I couldn't argue any more when she was so nice about the other thing. That will cost me a hundred pounds, at the very least." "As much as that?" I asked. "Every penny of it," said Harris; "the estimate alone is sixty." I was sorry to hear him say this. "Then there's the kitchen stove," continued Harris; "everything that has gone wrong in the house for the last two years has been the fault of that |
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