Alice Adams
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Now what are he and his famiIy
doing to your chiId?

:47:04
Your dear, grand oId Mr. Lamb's Henrietta
has sent out invitations for a Iarge party.

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Now, everybody who is anybody in town
is going to be there, you can count on that.

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There's a very fine young man,
a Mr. RusseII.

:47:17
He's interested in AIice and he's asked AIice
to go to this dance with him.

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AIice can't go...
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...because Henrietta Lamb
hasn't invited her.

:47:28
Oh, my....
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Yes, I shouId think you wouId say,
''Oh, my.''

:47:32
Your chiId's been snubbed and picked on
by every girI in this town...

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...and it's aII on account of you,
VirgiI Adams.

:47:39
Yes, these girIs don't Iike me
so they pick on AIice.

:47:43
They wouIdn't dare do it
to MiIdred PaImer...

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...because she's got money
and famiIy to back her.

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And, you Iisten to me,
the way the worId is now, money is famiIy.

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And AIice couId have just
as much famiIy as any of them...

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...if you hadn't faIIen behind in the race.
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-How did I?
-Yes, you did.

:47:58
Twenty-five years ago, the peopIe we knew
weren't any better off than us...

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...and Iook at them now.
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It's time for your drops.
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Look at those country cIubs.
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The other girIs' famiIies beIong to them.
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We don't.
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Look at the other girIs' houses...
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...then Iook at our house.
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Yeah, you Iook at what you're doing.
Don't give me too much of that stuff.

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I've counted.
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The men in those famiIies
went right on up the Iadder...

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...whiIe you're stiII a cIerk
down in that oId hoIe.

:48:35
Now, wait a minute.
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Suppose I did Ieave that oId hoIe,
as you caII it.

:48:40
Where in thunderation
couId I get another job?

:48:43
You know I'm not asking you
to do anything you can't do.

:48:47
What are you driving at?
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You know what I'm driving at.
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That gIue formuIa.
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So, that's it. Dang, dang!

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