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With Tom quit , I 'll have to be out on the wagon , an ' you can make up your mind to it to be down below waitin ' on the counter . '' `` But to-morrow 's wash day , '' she objected weakly . `` Get up early , then , an ' do it first . I wo n't start out till ten o'clock . '' He crinkled the paper viciously and resumed his reading . Martin Eden , with blood still crawling from contact with his brother-in - law , felt his way along the unlighted back hall and entered his room , a tiny cubbyhole with space for a bed , a wash-stand , and one chair . Mr. Higginbotham was too thrifty to keep a servant when his wife could do the work .