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If I did happen to say--"
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You did, did you?" said Mr. Hoopdriver.
Backing out of it, Charlie?" said the young man with the gaiters.
Not a bit," said Charlie. "Surely we can pass a bit of a joke--"
I'm going to teach you to keep your jokes to yourself," said Mr.
Hoopdriver.
"Bray-vo!" said the shepherd of the flock of chins.
"Charlie IS a bit too free with his jokes," said the little man with the
beard.
"It's downright disgusting," said Hoopdriver, falling back upon his
speech. "A lady can't ride a bicycle in a country road, or wear a dress
a little out of the ordinary, but every dirty little greaser must needs
go shouting insults--"
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I didn't know the young lady would hear what I said," said Charlie.
Surely one can speak friendly to one's friends. How was I to know the
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door was open--"
Hoopdriver began to suspect that his antagonist was, if possible, more
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