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The Pot Boiler by Upton Sinclair
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_Belle (studying folder)._ This train leaves New York three times.

_Jack._ That's the different ferries. Let's see. At 10 p. m. we've
just got to Richmond. We reach Palm Beach at eleven in the
evening----

_Belle._ What? A whole day on the train?

_Jack._ A day and a half, altogether.

_Belle._ Oh, Jack! What did you have to pay for the tickets.

_Jack._ I tell you, Belle, you must never worry about expense when
you're travelling. It spoils all the pleasure. Now, let's see. We go
to the Royal Palm Hotel. Here's a picture of it.

_Belle._ Oh, Jack! What a heavenly place!

_Jack._ Of course, they color it up rather bright in these
advertisements.

_Belle._ Won't they charge us frightfully?

_Jack._ No, no. You can stay there for ten dollars a day.

_Belle._ Ten dollars a day! Jack, you don't mean that?

_Jack._ We can't expect to keep our expenses under that.

_Belle._ But that'll be thirty dollars, Jack! You know we've got
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