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Mabel Quiller-Couch
The Mean-Wells
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4066338090706
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CHAPTER I
THE WORTH OF A TOOTH
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IT did seem very unjust, and the more they thought of it the more unjust it seemed, especially to Priscilla.
“When I had a tooth pulled out no one gave me anything,” she grumbled; “but Loveday has a shilling given her for hers, and some sweets, and such a fuss made.”
“I only had sixpence, and mine was a double tooth,” said Geoffrey thoughtfully, “and I am a boy.”
“I don’t see that being a boy ought to make any difference,” retorted Priscilla; “boys’ teeth don’t hurt more than girls’, and boys ought to be able to bear it better.”
“Oh, but boys always have more in—in comparison, just as men do.”
“Do they?” asked Priscilla thoughtfully. “I wonder why? I think it ought to be just the other way, ’cause boys and men are stronger.”