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Updated: June 12, 2025
"Why argue about it," said Chaffery gaily, pointing a lean finger at Ethel's gesture, "when she has 'em in her pocket? She may just as well show me now. I thought so. Don't be alarmed at my handling them. Fresh copies can always be got at the nominal price of two-and-seven. Thank you ... Lewisham, George Edgar. One-and-twenty. And ... You one-and-twenty!
"I suppose you know you're behaving like a perfect fool?" he suggested angrily. She did not wince. "And what if I am? What's that got to do with you?" she asked, as if pleasantly puzzled. "You'll starve. You can't live for ever on two-and-seven." "Well?" "And the boy? Is he going to starve?" "Oh," said Hilda, "Janet will look after him till something turns up.
The landlords are in possession." "The bailiffs still here?" "Yes." "But what are you going to do?" "I'm expecting them to take the furniture away to-morrow, or Tuesday at the latest," she replied. "And then what?" "I don't know." "But haven't you got any money?" She took a purse from her pocket, and opened it with a show of impartial curiosity. "Two-and-seven," she said.
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