IV. 



A NEIGHBOURLY GOSSIP. 



I LOVE gossip. For my own part, I can 

 never see the point of the objections which 

 some people raise against talking over the 

 concerns of your neighbours' families. They 

 are always so interesting. I like to know 

 all about them. I like to pry into their 

 most intimate secrets. I like to find out 

 what they do with themselves all day long ; 

 and what they have to eat for dinner ; and 

 how they make their living ; and where or 

 in whose company they spend their evenings. 

 I like to watch where they build their homes, 

 and how many eggs they lay, and how they 

 hatch them out, and what becomes of the 

 fledgelings. I like to spy out where others 



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