THE SOFT ANSWER.
The mistress was interviewing a prospective maid. "You seem a capable girl, and I am willing to pay you the wages you ask and let you have an hour or two oft" every day," she said. "The work is not hard, and what I really want is a'maid I can thoroughly trust. Now • what about references?" "Oh, that's all right, ma'am," Baid the girl. "As a matter. of fact, I've taken a fancy to you, so I won't trouble you for a reference."
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 42, 17 August 1929, Page 21
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86THE SOFT ANSWER. Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 42, 17 August 1929, Page 21
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