Word: wedgewood
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...There's something horrible in the world," said Spinster Margaret to her bosom friend, Spinster Emily, as they sat together in their snug, rich home in the suburb of Wedgewood. "It's these dreadful new ideas. They want to destroy everyone who has a little something, a little education, a little breeding." Then she stroked Emily's hair. "Pretty grey hair," she said, "we're getting old together." After a moment she added: "Have you ever noticed how older men prefer young girls?" "Sensible men don't," Emily replied a little coldly. "I know, dear...
Roger Sherman, Wedgewood's dapperest widower, came in, stroking his Vandyke beard. He pressed Emily's hand warmly. "I have tickets for the concert," he said. "They are playing Brahms. ... If one of you dear ladies. . . ." "How nice!" cried Emily. "Brahms," said Margaret, "is rather tiresome...
...Margaret guessed. Casually she informed Gloria, Wedgewood's bad beauty, that Roger had a nice income and no one to share it with. While Gloria pursued Roger, Margaret took Emily to Maine for a nice holiday. Emily, she insisted, was not well; perhaps her heart was weak. "Our dear old doctor," Margaret told the other vacationers, "suggests adrenalin...
...Back in Wedgewood Margaret urged Emily to stay in bed and rest her heart. When Roger called with the engagement ring in his pocket, Margaret kept him downstairs, murmured tearfully: "Emily hasn't long to live. . . . It's a blow to all of us." Roger left, horrified. Emily phoned Roger, but he did not answer. Reason: Gloria was sitting firmly...
...committee collect and disburse contributions. Partly the reason was that shrewd Sidney Hillman, looking ahead, wants to get a broader base for his party than labor unions-just as the British Labor Party gradually came to include peers and peeresses, from Lady Noel-Buxton to the late Lord Wedgewood...