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handanythingthatmatteredlesstomethanwhat
ElizabethMapp-Flintsaid,poorwoman.Givemeyour
opinion,nothers.”
“Youmightdropthemarketingbydegrees,ifyou
feltitwasundignified,”saidGeorgieyawning.“Shop
everydaythisweek,andonlyonMonday,Wednesday
andFridaynextweek–”
“No,dear,”interruptedLucia.“Thatwould
behedging,andIneverhedge.Onethingorthe
other.”
“Ahedgemaysaveyoufromfallingintoaditch,”
saidGeorgiebrilliantly.
“
Georgino,
howepigrammatic!Whatdoesitmean
exactly?Whatditch?”
“Anyditch,”saidGeorgie.“Justmakingamistake
andnotbeingjudicious.Tillingisamassofpitfalls.”
“Idon’tmindaboutpitfallssolongasmyconscience
assuresmethatIamguidedbyrightprinciples.Imust
setanexampleinmyprivateaswellasmypubliclife.
IfIdecidetogoonwithmydailymarketingIshall
certainlymakeapointofbuyingverycheap,simple
provisions.Cabbagesandturnips,forinstance,not
asparagus.”
“We’vegotplentyofthatinthegardenwhen
itcomesin,”saidGeorgie.
”–plaice,notsoles.Apples,”wentonLucia,
asifhehadn’tspoken.“Plainlivinginprivate–
everybodywillhearmebuyingcheapvegetables–
Splendour,thoselovelygloves,inpublic.Andhigh
thinkinginboth.”
“Thatwouldsoundwellinyourinauguralspeech,”
saidGeorgie.
“Ihopeitwill.WhatIwanttodoinourdearTilling
istoelevatethetone,tomakeitarealcentre
ofintellectualandartisticactivity.Thatmust
goonsimultaneouslywithsocialreformsandthewell-
beingofthepoorerclasses.Alltheslumsmust
beclearedaway.Theremustbeanend
toovercrowding.Pasteurisationofmilk,Georgie;
