The Pot Boiler: A Comedy in Four Acts
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By Upton Sinclair 6 Jun, 2022
Excerpt.....Bill. Say, Peggy! Peggy. Well, Bill? Bill. Can you guess. Peggy. How many guesses? Bill. Three. Peggy. All right. I guess my little son doesn't want to go to bed! Bill. Say! You gue ... Read more

Excerpt.....Bill. Say, Peggy!

Peggy. Well, Bill?

Bill. Can you guess.

Peggy. How many guesses?

Bill. Three.

Peggy. All right. I guess my little son doesn't want to go to bed!

Bill. Say! You guessed it!

Peggy. Oh, mother's great at guessing!

Bill. But honest, it's still light.

Peggy. I know—but that's because it's summertime. Don't you remember the little song? (sings)

    In winter I get up at night
    And dress by yellow candle-light;
    In summer, quite the other way,
    I have to go to bed by day!

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Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (Sep 20, 1878 – Nov 25, 1968) was an American writer, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for Governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and othe...
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