"
"I'm sorry to find the baroness out. Don't forget to tell her I
called, will you?"
"No, sir, I'll tell her at once."
PRONUNCIATION
"Wasn't it _fearful_ about the Reims cathedral?"
"Don't say Reems; it sounds _horribly_ ignorant."
"Well, how do you pronounce it?"
"Why, _Hranss_."
_"How?"_
"Hn--Hranhss! Just as if you were clearing your throat. See? Hranss!"
"Well, _you_ sound as if you had a dreadful influenza, threatened with
grip!"
"Well, that's right, anyhow. H--hn--hnh--_hrahnhss_!"
"You'd better go to Arizona! You'll _never_ get well here! I don't
believe you, anyway. Everybody says _Reems_."
"They don't, either!"
"They do so!"
"Oh, well, it depends on the sort of people you associate with--"
"Well, I _don't_ go with a lot of fake highbrows, anxious to show off
the French they learned in a course of lessons by mail--"
"Better than a lot of country junks who don't know how to pronounce--"
"Oh, well, the church wasn't hurt much, anyhow."
"No, they say it can be repaired. How do you like my hat?"
"Heavenly! What do you think of mine?"
"Adorable! Let's go in and have soda."
"Let's."--_Carolyn Wells_.
PROPERTY
"Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive
good in the world.
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