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Amelia glanced openly at Johnny Trumbull; Lily with a sidewise effect. Johnny had heard every word. Suddenly he arose to action and knocked down Lee Westminster, and sat on him. "Lemme up!" said Lee. Johnny had no quarrel whatever with Lee. He grinned, but he sat still. Lee, the sat-upon, was a sharp little boy. "Showing off before the gals!" he said, in a thin whisper.
As for smoking, I shouldn't have thought he was up to it; but with that sat-upon sort of man begging your pardon, Mrs. Quelch you never know where he may break out. Worms will turn, you know, and sometimes they take a wrong turning." "But Benjamin would never dare " "That's just it. He daren't do anything when you've got your eye on him. When you haven't perhaps he may, and perhaps he mayn't.
Truly, it might be interesting, but as surely it would begin in farce and end in tragedy, that would leave the politest people on earth in no case to play at civilised government for a long time to come. In his concession, where he is an apologetic and much sat-upon importation, the foreign resident does no harm. He does not always sue for money due to him on the part of a Japanese.
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