Don't call me Solomon. Do you want to be the death of me?" asked the man, in a furtive, frightened way. ¡¡¡¡"Brother, brother!" cried Miss Pross, bursting into tears. "Have I ever been so hard with you that you ask me such a cruel question?" ¡¡¡¡"Then hold your meddlesome tongue," said Solomon, "and come out, if you want to speak to me. Pay for your wine, and come out. Who's this man?" ¡¡¡¡Miss Pross, shaking her loving and dejected head at her by no means affectionate brother, said through her tears, "Mr. Cruncher." ¡¡¡¡"Let him come out too,"
said Solomon. "Does he think me a ghost?" ¡¡¡¡Apparently, Mr. Cruncher did, to judge from his looks. He said not a word, however, and Miss Pross, exploring the depths of her reticule through her tears with great difficulty paid for her wine. As she did so, Solomon turned to the followers of the Good Republican Brutus of Antiquity, and offered a few words of explanation in the French language, which caused them all to relapse into their former places and pursuits.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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