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Book, page 101 / 260 "You don't mean--" Mr. Smith was regarding her with curious interest. "Don't you WANT--money, really?" She hesitated; then she sighed. "Oh, yes, of course. We all want money. We have to have money, too; but I don't think it's--everything in the world, by any means." "You don't think it brings happiness, then?" "Sometimes. Sometimes not." "Most of--er--us would be willing to take the risk." "Most of us would." "Now, in the case of the Blaisdells here--don't you think this money is going to bring happiness to them?" There was no answer. Miss Maggie seemed to be thinking. "Miss Maggie," exclaimed Mr. Smith, with a concern all out of proportion to his supposed interest in the matter, "you don't mean to say you DON'T think this money is going to bring them happiness!" Miss Maggie laughed a little. "Oh, no! This money'll bring them happiness all right, of course,-- particularly to some of them. But I was just wondering; if you don't know how to spend five dollars so as to get the most out of it, how will you spend five hundred, or five hundred thousand--and get the most out of that?" "What do you mean?" But Miss Maggie shook her head. "Nothing. I was just thinking," she said.
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