Barry Pain

“ Give it all up, and I don't know what will become of you. A postman's wife doesn't live as you do. Just think it over. Use your common-sense. See where your real advantage lies. And I'll speak to you about it again to-morrow."
"I don't think, sir," said Mrs. Bowes at the door, "that you will find I've changed my mind in any way."
Now, it chanced that when Mr. Montalbin was going out that morning he encountered, at the entrance to the flats, the Second Delivery, whose other name was Bifton. Mr. Montalbin was acquainted with Bifton. ”

“ It's better to be on the safe side, and a little too much money often lures a young man into habits of extravagance. Thirty-five. Seven five-pound notes. Here's a pencil and a bit of paper. Write that, in consideration of thirty-five pounds received, you agree to give up Mrs. Bowes, and sign it, and those five-pound notes will be yours."
The little arrangement was soon concluded. As Mr. Montalbin returned to the club, he shook hands with himself. The way he had managed the miserable Bifton had been masterly. ”

“ So, being teetotal for want of temptation for six months, he never went back to the other thing when he could. He's prospered. He could afford to live like a gentleman for the rest of his life—only that's the last thing he'd care about. ”

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