A Social Meteor — page 191: what you’re looking at

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A SOCIAL METLOR. 181 where to-day, wouldn’t you? I was a good fellow to give youa boost, eh ?” “Yes, about as good as a person is who leads another to the top of a high cliff and then pushes him off,” she retorted, with quiet scorn. “Come now, don’t be ungenerous, Ray, you certainly have lived on the fat of the land for years, and you ought not to complain because you have at last come to the end of the rope.” But she did not even hear his words. ‘Tell me, will we have to leave this house?” “Yes, and give up the horses and servants. Have you any idea what it costs to run an estab- lishment like this? I should judge not, indeed. Well, it costs about four times as much as my income will be in the future.” “How long have you known about this ?” “You mean the failure ?” Ves,” “T knew it was liable to occur at any time, about a week ago, but like the rest of the fools connected with the business, I didn’t believe things were in so bad a shape as they were. So when the blow came, although of course, it shocked me, I was not altogether unprepared for it.” GOmichboo SS (ECO)