The Star in the West

114 THE STAR IN THE WEST Percy, the now distraught lover of Angela , turns to his first moony love , and withdrawing his heart proffers her his purse : Buy yourself a pretty hat ! Forget my pretty speeches !' The above needs no comment . Most men will under stand it well enough ; for there are a hundred thousand women in London who need no editor's appendix or translator's footnote . Enter GLENSTRAE . (To conceive him asketh not Imagination's waistcoat buttons undone ! Any old gentleman in any club in London . ) ? Meeting Molly he asks her for a glass of milk , and comforts her on hearing that she intends going into service , saying : “ And so you shall , my dear, so you shall . Come and live with my wife as her companion , and we will try and find your lover for you . No doubt the arts of this - er --designing female will soon lose their power —there , there , no thanks , I beg ! I never could bear to see a pretty wench cry —there , there ! ” 3 We have now thoroughly grasped the quality of the male element , and the two together , the harlot and the lecher , produce the social code and seven - eighths of the social woes . “ Must I , must I ? Oh , sir , have pity !” sobs the poor disillusionized Molly , as the male element who 1 ? Why Jesus Wept , vol . iii, p . 38 .— “ My mind lay there as exhausted as my body ! He covered my blushes by the offer of a tiny remuneration ." — Beverland , p . 405 . “ If your heart were as big as your feet , you would have given me five francs instead of five sous .” - Frou - Frou . 2 Ibid . vol . iii , p . 38 . * Ibid . vol . iii, p . 39. Vide , The Martyrs of Hell's Highway .