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Esther’s Narrative

           Therewasanabsenceofthefinertouchesofhumanityinit!Mydaughtershavetakengreatoffence,"heexplainedtous,"atanhonestman""Nothonest,papa.Impossible!"theyallthreeprotested."Ataroughkindoffellowasortofhumanhedgehogrolledup,"saidMr.Skimpole,"whoisabakerinthisneighbourhoodandfromwhomweborrowedacoupleofarm-chairs.Wewantedacoupleofarm-chairs,andwehadn’tgotthem,andthereforeofcoursewelookedtoamanwhoHADgotthem,tolendthem.Well!Thismorosepersonlentthem,andweworethemout.Whentheywerewornout,hewantedthemback.Hehadthemback.Hewascontented,youwillsay.Notatall.Heobjectedtotheirbeingworn.Ireasonedwithhim,andpointedouthismistake.Isaid,’Canyou,atyourtimeoflife,besoheadstrong,myfriend,astopersistthatanarm-chairisathingtoputuponashelfandlookat?Thatitisanobjecttocontemplate,tosurveyfromadistance,toconsiderfromapointofsight?Don’tyouKNOWthatthesearm-chairswereborrowedtobesatupon?’Hewasunreasonableandunpersuadableandusedintemperatelanguage.BeingaspatientasIamatthisminute,Iaddressedanotherappealtohim.Isaid,’Now,mygoodman,howeverourbusinesscapacitiesmayvary,weareallchildrenofonegreatmother,Nature.Onthisbloomingsummermorninghereyouseeme’(Iwasonthesofa)’withflowersbeforeme,fruituponthetable,thecloudlessskyaboveme,theairfulloffragrance,contemplatingNature.

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