what are we going to do about dorothy?
i did not know we had to do anything about dorothy. is she ill? if she is, send for doctor parker.
we parted ways with doctor parker last christmas. doctor wetherby is our doctor now.
of course. as i am in perfect health, i tend to forget these things.
dorothy is not ill, but she is still dorothy.
being dorothy is not such a bad berth. she gets to live in this fine home on — on something or other avenue -
twentieth avenue.
thank you, you know how bad i am with numbers.
you were saying?
i was saying dorothy gets to live in this fine home surrounded by servants who attend to her every need, most of which are quite imaginary.
the servants must be paid, especially after the latest ridiculous decrees of the so-called progressive government.
people do call it the progressive government, and i believe that is what it calls itself. everything needs a name, or else where would we be?
the servants cost money, and dorothy costs money.
do we not have money?
not so much as we would like.
nobody has so much as they would like, not even old jones.
yes, cecilia, what is it?
i could not help overhearing your conversation about dorothy.
of course you could not, as you are a frightful little sneak who listens at doorways and peeks through keyholes.
be that as it may, i have a suggestion about what you can do about dorothy.
i do not think you are competent to make such suggestions.
no, go ahead, cecilia, let us hear what you have to say.
delilah and i were walking down twenty-third street yesterday -
what were you doing on twenty-third street? and have i not made it clear that i do not approve of your association with delilah?
we were on our way to fanshawe’s bookstore, and we were accopanied by delilah’s chauffeur -
who i am sure is a complete ruffian.
actually goggins is a young woman. who attended bryn mawr.
did she graduate?
may i politely interrupt? what has all this to do with dorothy?
dorothy and i were approached by a man -
she and the man appeared to be acquaintances..
i do not want to hear another word. and i do not want you assoociating with delilah.
what say you, pater?
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