For the cause of all evil!

by Alfred Noyes · null · Family & Home
For the cause of all evil! That daughter marries a grazier, and wants to set up for gentility; she comes and squeezes presents out of her mother, and the whole family are distrusting each other, and squabbling over the spoil before the poor old creature is dead! It makes one sick! I gave that Mrs. Thorn a bit of my mind at last; I could not stand the sight any longer. Madam, said I, you’ll have to answer for your mother’s death, as sure as my name’s Dick May--a harpy dressed up in feathers and lace.

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English poet and novelist, known for his historical romances and patriotic verse.

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