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Mrs. Warren s Profession 179
factory than I was of the river; and so would you have
been in my place. That clergyman got me a situation as
a scullery maid in a temperance restaurant where they
sent out for anything you liked. Then I was waitress;
and then I went to the bar at Waterloo Station four
teen hours a day serving drinks and washing glasses for
four shillings a wr
eek and my board. That was consid
ered a great promotion for me. Well, one cold, wretched
night, when I was so tired I could hardly keep myself
awake, who should come up for a half of Scotch but
Lizzie, in a long fur cloak, elegant and comfortable, with
a lot of sovereigns in her purse.
Vivie. My aunt Lizzie?
Mrs. Warren. Yes. . . . She s living down at Win
chester, now, close to the cathedral, one of the most re
spectable ladies there chaperones girls at the country
ball, if you please. No river for Liz, thank you! You
remind me of Liz a little: she was a first-rate business
woman saved money from the beginning never let
herself look too like what she was never lost her head
or threw away a chance. When she saw I d grown up
good-looking she said to me across the bar :
"
What are
you doing there, you little fool? Wearing out your
health and your appearance for other people s profit!"
Liz was saving money then to take a house for herself
in Brussels: and she thought we two could save faster
than one. So she lent me some money and gave me a
start; and I saved steadily and first paid her back, and
then went into business with her as her partner. Why
shouldn t I have done it? The house in Brussels was
real high class a much better place for a woman to
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