EBOOK ECHOES OF THE WAR ***
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ECHOES OF THE WAR
BY J. M. BARRIE
1918
CONTENTS
THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS
THE NEW WORD
BARBARA'S WEDDING
A WELL-REMEMBERED VOICE
THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS
Three nice old ladies and a criminal, who is even nicer, are discussing
the war over a cup of tea. The criminal, who is the hostess, calls it a
dish of tea, which shows that she comes from Caledonia; but that is not
her crime.
They are all London charwomen, but three of them, including the hostess,
are what are called professionally 'charwomen _and_' or simply
'ands.' An 'and' is also a caretaker when required; her name is entered
as such in ink in a registry book, financial transactions take place
across a counter between her and the registrar, and altogether she is of
a very different social status from one who, like Mrs. Haggerty, is a
charwoman but nothing else. Mrs. Haggerty, though present, is not at the
party by invitation; having seen Mrs.
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