It seems reasonable to suppose something would be
due to bring up my average."
"Yes, I thought you wouldn't see the point. And there's another you
probably couldn't see, but I'll take the liberty to mention it. You
been balkin' all your life. Pretty much everything I ever wanted you
to do, you'd let out SOME kind of a holler, like you are now--and yet
I can't seem to remember once when you didn't have to lay down and do
what I said. But go on with your remarks about our city and the
business of this country. Go on!"
"I don't want to be a part of it," said Bibbs, with unwonted decision.
"I want to keep to myself, and I'm doing it now. I couldn't, if I
went down there with you. I'd be swallowed into it. I don't care for
money enough to--"
"No," his father interrupted, still dangerously quiet. "You've
never had to earn a living. Anybody could tell that by what you say.
Now, let me remind you: you're sleepin' in a pretty good bed; you're
eatin' pretty fair food; you're wearin' pretty fine clothes. Just
suppose one o' these noisy housekeepers--me, for instance--decided
to let you do your own housekeepin'. May I ask what your proposition
would be?"
"I'm earning nine dollars a week," said Bibbs, sturdily.
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