Stories By English Authors: London (Selected By Scribners)
Stories By English Authors: London (Selected By Scribners)
F Anstey
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"You don't mean to say that you give up a boot and shoe manufacturermerely because his daughter has round shoulders!" he exclaimed, incredulously. "It is more than round shoulders--it is a hump!" cried Leibel. "And suppose? See how much better off you will be when you get your ownmachines! We do not refuse to let camels carry our burdens because theyhave humps. " "Ah, but a wife is not a camel, " said Leibel, with a sage air. "And a cutter is not a master tailor, " retorted Sugarman. "Enough, e...nough!" cried Leibel. "I tell you, I would not have her if shewere a machine warehouse. " "There sticks something behind, " persisted Sugarman, unconvinced. Leibel shook his head. "Only her hump" he said with a flash of humour. "Moses Mendelssohn had a hump, " expostulated Sugarman, reproachfully. "Yes, but he was a heretic, " rejoined Leibel, who was not withoutreading. "And then he was a man! A man with two humps could find a wifefor each. But a woman with a hump cannot expect a husband in addition.
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