THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL AROUT
September 15th, Eight Oclock
This m, while I was arranging my books, Menevieve came in,and brought me the basket of fruit I buy of her every Sunday. For thenearly twenty years that I have lived in this quarter, I have dealt inher little fruit-shop. Perhaps I should be better served elsewhere, butMenevieve has but little ; to leave her would do her harm,and cause her unnecessary pain. It seems to me that the length of ouracquaintance has made me incur a sort of tacit obligation to her; mypatronage has bee her property.
She has put the basket upon my table, and as I want her husband, who is ajoio add some shelves to my bookcase, she has gone downstairs agaiely to send him to me.
At first I did not notice either her looks or the sound of her voice:
but, now that I recall them, it seems to me that she was not as jovial asusual. Menevieve be in trouble about anything?
Poor woman! All her best years were subject to such bitter tri……（内容加载失败！）
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