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1
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When your married

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You’ll realise that men with important work to do Spend nearly all their time and energy on business

2
Q

You seem to have

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Made a great impression on this child

3
Q

Please don’t

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Contradict me like that

4
Q

Rather

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Peculiar and offensive manner

5
Q

Well really

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Alderman Megarty I must say we are learning something tonight

6
Q

Yes we’ve done

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A great deal of work in helping deserving cases

7
Q

Simply a piece

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Of gross impertinence

8
Q

But I think

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She had only herself to blame

9
Q

So I used my

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Influence to have it refused

10
Q

Go and look for the father of the child

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It’s his responsibility

11
Q

A rather … And her husbands …

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Cold woman and her husband social superior

12
Q

She was claiming

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Elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl in her position

13
Q

Therefore

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You’re quite wrong to suppose I should regret what I did

14
Q

I accept

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No blame for it at all

15
Q

To confess

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In public to his responsibility

16
Q

Really from the way you

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Children talk you might be wanting to help him instead of us

17
Q

As if a girl

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Of that sort would ever refuse money