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CHAPTER 49
1 aWhat an exceptional joy is a nightingale, which has learned to bsing for its supper!
2 cIts voice is the slave of its Master; if it does not dsing beautifully, it does not get to wear a ruby necklace, or to fly in an expensive roadster.
3 Sing, little ebird, sing the night away; sing your cares away: the Master of Money will reward you for every note.

CHAPTER 50
1 fO what a consolation are spirits, when a man needs to forget his cares.
2 Verily, they wash down the lump in a man's throat, and make him forget the gtreacheries of song.
3 hSpirits are the answer to all questions; for they carry a light of their own that makes even the darkest corners bright as a Broadway marquee.
4 iSpirits are indeed special: they turn miseries into joys, and calamities into funny stories.
5 Spirits make time run away on carpet slippers, so that the clock jchimes cheerily all night long, and only sounds kdoleful on the morning after.
6 lAnd speaking of the morning after, O Spirits, is there nothing you can do to improve on this one little flaw in your great beauty?
7 Indeed it is true that Spirits have all the answers; for the wise man will discover that they even have the power to make the morning after blaze bright and golden again.
a.Wil.69.9
b.Psom.9.9
c.Psay.5A.8
d.Brit.40.8
e.Dav.14.34
f.Ext.13.18
g.Psong.49.3
h.Yks.91.7
i.Vin.65.11-13
j.Psom.31.5
k.Psom.31.6
l.Psong.52.1
m.Frog.31.6
n.Gnt.10.17-18
o.Dav.37.6-7
p.Wil.69.9
q.Psom.78.10
r.Ann.6.23
s.Vin.23.9
t.Psong.51.2
u.Dav.47.25
8 O Great Spirits! Cheers!

CHAPTER 51
1 mWhat a glory is the dance, those lithe and graceful brush strokes of Pleasure upon the blank canvas of the eyes!
2 Yes, the Master of Money will npatronize this highest of arts if he is wise; for even the ogreatest of dancers needs a sponsor if she is to afford a beauty as great as that which she creates.
3 But mark well that you remain the Master of Arts as well as Money; for not every pchorus girl can move as easily in society as she does on stage.
4 Yes, this is a true and wise tip from the Master: he knows of what he speaks.

CHAPTER 52
1 O Spirits, O my qaching head: O, I am in pain, and rI cannot keep anything down.
2 sYea, I am walking through the valley of the shadow; for I have been on a bender to end all benders.
3 O, how can any woman be worth this price in pain? tShe was a bad choice, and she is not worth worrying about.
4 Indeed, O Spirits, you have cured me of my affliction; I fear that the sight of woman will never again quicken my heart, ufor I feel like the orange rinds stuck to the bottom of a garbage pail.
5 O thank you, Great Spirits; now, is there any way for me to silence the kettledrum in my head?
6 Verily, O Great Spirits, it has been nice knowing you, but I fear that we shall not have many companionable nights in the future.