a single orator, not a prominent man.

* * * * *

Honorable Justice of the Peace, Honorable Member of the Children's
Shelter--all honorable.

* * * * *

L. studied and studied--but people who had finished developing could
not understand her, nor could the young. _Ut consecutivum_.

* * * * *

He is dark, with little side-whiskers, dressed like a dandy, dark
eyes, a warm brunet. He exterminates bugs, talks about earthquakes and
China. His fiancee has a dowry of 8,000 roubles; she is very handsome,
as her aunt says. He is an agent for a fire-insurance company, etc.
"You're awfully pretty, my darling, awfully. And 8,000 into the
bargain! You are a beauty; when I looked at you to-day, a shiver ran
down my back."

* * * * *

_He_: Earthquakes are caused by the evaporation of water.

* * * * *

Names: Goose, Pan, Oyster.

"Were I abroad, they would give me a medal for such a surname."

* * * * *

I can't be said to be handsome, but I am rather pretty.

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