'Pity ya wasn't a man, lovey. y have been so if the men had been in excel-andwere the stature of a giant, six feet or a the prisoners ; Klerk soon learned that he could never hope tothe speed of their heathen calculations and so heained to learn for himself the ancient art of theabacus. 'Idon't know why ' done it, missus,' he said, ashamed thathe could come up with no adequate explanation.
'A clerk? You come 'ere to offer your services as meclerk? A woman and a laundry maid is a clerk? 'Ave yougone completely balmy, missus?' Ikey thumped the side ofhis head with the butt of his hand. Life is stranger than fiction. They came in thinking they wanted to persuade her out of her clothes, but when she matter-of-factly took them off, it often turned the tables. Finallyhad determined that she was going to spend her firstlit of freedom on her secret rock under the stars, him Mary arrived at the rock not later than seven in theling.
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