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to the hospital.
              ‘Oh, my principle is to profit by all the benefits that soci-
            ety provides. I take advantage of the age I live in. When I’m
           ill I get myself patched up in a hospital and I have no false
            shame, and I send my children to be educated at the board-
            school.’
              ‘Do you really?’ said Philip.
              ‘And a capital education they get too, much better than
           I got at Winchester. How else do you think I could educate
           them at all? I’ve got nine. You must come and see them all
           when I get home again. Will you?’
              ‘I’d like to very much,’ said Philip.


























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