| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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Now that he knew - as he thought - he blamed himself for not having been more considerate and patient with her. At the same time he was at a loss to understand why she had not told him about it herself. The only explanation he could think of was the one suggested by Mrs Linden - that at such times women often behaved strangely. However that might be, he was glad to think he knew the reason of it all, and he resolved that he would be more gentle and forebearing with her. The place where he was working was practically finished. It was a large house called `The Refuge', very similar to `The Cave', and during the last week or two, it had become what they called a `hospital'. That is, as the other jobs became finished the men were nearly all sent to this one, so that there was quite a large crowd of them there. The inside work was all finished - with the exception of the kitchen, which was used as a mess room, and the scullery, which was the paint shop. Everybody was working on the |
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