Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927 / 2008-11-21 00:00:00
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THE COST OF KINDNESS
By JEROME K. JEROME
Author of "Paul Kelver," "Three Men in a Boat," etc., etc.
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1909
COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY JEROME K. JEROME
COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
Published, September, 1908
THE COST OF KINDNESS
"Kindness," argued little Mrs. Pennycoop, "costs nothing."
"And, speaking generally, my dear, is valued precisely at cost price,"
retorted Mr. Pennycoop, who, as an auctioneer of twenty years'
experience, had enjoyed much opportunity of testing the attitude of
the public towards sentiment.
"I don't care what you say, George," persisted his wife; "he may be a
disagreeable, cantankerous old brute--I don't say he isn't.
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