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           Hop!YouwilldanceattendanceorI’lllectureyouonyourmisdeeds,MissRuby,andspankyourbarebotrightwell,miss,withthehairbrush.You’llbetaughttheerrorofyourways.Atnightyourwellcreamedbracelettedhandswillwearfortythreebuttonglovesnewpowderedwithtalcandhavingdelicatelyscentedfingertips.Forsuchfavoursknightsofoldlaiddowntheirlives.(Hechuckles.)Myboyswillbenoendcharmedtoseeyousoladylike,thecolonel,aboveall,whentheycomeherethenightbeforetheweddingtofondlemynewattractioningildedheels.FirstI’llhaveagoatyoumyself.AmanIknowontheturfnamedCharlesAlbertaMarsh(IwasinbedwithhimjustnowandanothergentlemanoutoftheHanaperandPettyBagoffice)isonthelookoutforamaidofallworkatashortknock.Swellthebust.Smile.Droopshoulders.Whatoffers?(Hepoints.)Forthatlot.Trainedbyownertofetchandcarry,basketinmouth.(HebareshisarmandplungesitelbowdeepinBloom’svulva.)There’sfinedepthforyou!What,boys?Thatgiveyouahardon?(Heshoveshisarminabidder’sface.)Herewetthedeckandwipeitround!

           ABIDDER:Aflorin.

           (Dillon’slacqueyringshishandbell.)

           THELACQUEY:Barang!

           AVOICE:Oneandeightpencetoomuch.

           CHARLESALBERTAMARSH:Mustbevirgin.Goodbreath.Clean.

           BELLO:(Givesarapwithhisgavel.)Twobar.Rockbottomfigureandcheapattheprice.Fourteenhandshigh.Touchandexamineshispoints.Handlehrim.Thisdownyskin,thesesoftmuscles,thistenderflesh.IfIhadonlymygoldpiercerhere!Andquiteeasytomilk.Threenewlaidgallonsaday.