`` So you live under the water ? It 's a low place . I lived there for some time ; and was very shabby and dirty . But I did n't choose that that should last . So I turned respectable , and came up to the top , and put on this gray suit . It 's a very business-like suit , you think , do n't you ? '' `` Very neat and quiet indeed , '' said Tom . `` Yes , one must be quiet and neat and respectable , and all that sort of thing for a little , when one becomes a family man . But I 'm tired of it , that 's the truth . I 've done quite enough business , I consider , in the last week , to last me my life . So I shall put on a ball dress , and go out and be a smart man , and see the gay world , and have a dance or two . Why should n't one be jolly if one can ? '' `` And what will become of your wife ? '' `` Oh ! she is a very plain stupid creature , and that 's the truth ; and thinks about nothing but eggs . If she chooses to come , why she may ; and if not , why I go without her ; -- and here I go . '' And , as he spoke , he turned quite pale , and then quite white . `` Why , you 're ill ! '' said Tom . But he did not answer .
`` You 're dead , '' said Tom , looking at him as he stood on his knee as white XXXXX a ghost .
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