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"And don't stop gossiping, and don't you take it upon yourself to answer questions. Say I'll be up in a minute," were Mrs. Pennycherry's further instructions, "and mind you hide your hands as much as you can." "What are you grinning at?" demanded Mrs. Pennycherry, a couple of minutes later, of the dingy Mary Jane. "Wasn't grinning," explained the meek Mary Jane, "was only smiling to myself."
"Ah," muttered the constable to himself; "guess you won't be calling him that by the end of the week, young " "Funny," added the constable, gazing after the retreating figure of the stranger. "Seen plenty of the other sex as looked young behind and old in front. This cove looks young in front and old behind. Guess he'll look old all round if he stops long at mother Pennycherry's: stingy old cat."
"I have generally asked," continued Mrs. Pennycherry, "four pounds a week. To you " Mrs. Pennycherry's voice, unknown to her, took to itself the note of aggressive generosity "seeing you have been recommended here, say three pounds ten." "Dear lady," said the stranger, "that is kind of you. As you have divined, I am not a rich man.
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