TEACHING HIM HIS BUSINESS.
c l've just the house to suit you, sir, containing five rooms about the size you require. Will you walk along" and view it?" genially said the houseagent. The house, when reached, proved to be in very bad repair, and the prospective tenant, slightly annoyed, returned to the agent's. "I'm surprised," he said, "at your Bending me that distance to* see a sisroomed house, when I distinctly told you! I only required five rooms." "Excuse me, sir," answered the agent, "it is only a five-roomed house." "Pardon me, it is not." "But I say it is," retorted the agent, somewhat heatedly. "There are two rooms upstairs and three down. That's five, isn't it?" "Yes, but what about the room ?or improvement? That's bigger than anyof the others!" facetiously answered his client.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 747, 20 February 1915, Page 2
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135TEACHING HIM HIS BUSINESS. King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 747, 20 February 1915, Page 2
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