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Effects in the Bank

           Idon’tevengothelengthofmywages,thoughthey’renothigh,ma’am.Whycan’ttheydoasIhavedone,ma’am?Whatonepersoncando,anothercando.’

           This,again,wasamongthefictionsofCoketown.Anycapitalistthere,whohadmadesixtythousandpoundsoutofsixpence,alwaysprofessedtowonderwhythesixtythousandnearestHandsdidn’teachmakesixtythousandpoundsoutofsixpence,andmoreorlessreproachedthemeveryonefornotaccomplishingthelittlefeat.WhatIdidyoucando.Whydon’tyougoanddoit?

           ‘Astotheirwantingrecreations,ma’am,’saidBitzer,‘it’sstuffandnonsense.Idon’twantrecreations.Ineverdid,andInevershall;Idon’tlike’em.Astotheircombiningtogether;therearemanyofthem,Ihavenodoubt,thatbywatchingandinformingupononeanothercouldearnatriflenowandthen,whetherinmoneyorgoodwill,andimprovetheirlivelihood.Then,whydon’ttheyimproveit,ma’am!It’sthefirstconsiderationofarationalcreature,andit’swhattheypretendtowant.’

           ‘Pretendindeed!’saidMrs.Sparsit.

           ‘Iamsureweareconstantlyhearing,ma’am,tillitbecomesquitenauseous,concerningtheirwivesandfamilies,’saidBitzer.‘Whylookatme,ma’am!Idon’twantawifeandfamily.Whyshouldthey?’

           ‘Becausetheyareimprovident,’saidMrs.Sparsit.

           ‘Yes,ma’am,’returnedBitzer,‘that’swhereitis.

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