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Herdsimply to be near youfor I hate live poultry。 Dost like the picture？
It's a little like Claude Melnotte's； I confess。 The fact is I am not quite
sane； talking with you after a fortnight of the tabbies at the Hydro is like
quaffing inebriating vodka after Miffin's Food！ May I come to…morrow？〃
Bailiffs Daughter （hedging）。〃I shall be rather busy； the Crossed
Minorca hen comes off to…morrow。〃
True Love。〃Oh； never mind！ I'll take her off to…night when I escort
you to the farm； then she'll get a day's advantage。〃
Bailiff's Daughter。〃And rob fourteen prospective chicks of a mother；
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nay； lose the chicks themselves？ Never！〃
True Love。〃So long as you are a Goose Girl； does it make any
difference whose you are？ Is it any more agreeable to be Mrs。 Heaven's
Goose Girl than mine？〃
Bailiff's Daughter。〃Ah！ but in one case the term of service is limited；
in the other； permanent。〃
True Love。〃But in the one case you are the slave of the employer； in
the other the employer of the slave。 Why did you run away？〃
Bailiff's Daughter。〃A man's mind is too dull an instrument to
measure a woman's reason； even my own fails sometimes to deal with all
its delicate shades； but I think I must have run away chiefly to taste the
pleasure of being pursued and brought back。 If it is necessary to your
happiness that you should explore all the Bluebeard chambers of my being；
I will confess further that it has taken you nearly three weeks to
accomplish what I supposed you would do in three days！〃
True Love （after a well…spent interval）。〃To…morrow； then； shall we
say before breakfast？ All； do！ Why not？ Well； then； immediately
after breakfast； and I breakfast at seven nowadays； and sometimes earlier。
Do take off those ugly cotton gloves； dear； they are five sizes too large for
you； and so rough and baggy to the touch！〃
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