LONELY GETS RELIGION
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He borrowed what religious books he could from Lionel Clarence; he took to Bible-reading, of an afternoon, with his old-time enemy, Miss Mehetabel Wilkins, and made it a matter of conscience to accept no more than one cheese-cake at the end of the solemn conference in the little antimacassar-strewn sitting-room.
A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE TO ACCEPT NO MORE THAN ONE CHEESE-CAKE
