Nothing if Not Polite
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An interested visitor who was making the final call in the tenement district, rising, said:
“Well, my good woman, I must go now. Is there anything I can do for you?”
“No, thank ye, mem,” replied the submerged one. “Ye mustn’t mind it if I don’t return the call, will ye? I haven’t any time to go slumin’ meself.”