A Terrible Temptation - A Story of To-Day by Charles Reade
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"I carry everything. What's the use doing things by halves, good or bad?" "Well, but that Polly! She is young enough to get her living elsewhere; and she is extremely disrespectful to you." "That she is. If I wasn't a lady, I'd have given her a good hiding this very day for her cheek!" "Then why not turn her off this very day for her cheek?" "Well, I'll tell you, since you and I are parted forever. No, I don't like." "Oh, come! No secrets between friends." "Well, then, the old hag is--my mother." "What?" "And the young jade--is my sister." "Good Heavens!" "And the page--is my little brother." "Ha, ha, ha!" "What, you are not angry?" |
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