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I 'll speak to Dawson about it , but it will make no difference . Nobody but an expert English accountant could find a flaw in one of these bills and prove his case . '' By this time we have agreed that the weekly bill as a whole is substantially correct , and all that Salemina has to do is to estimate our several shares in it ; so Francesca and I say good night and leave her toiling like Cicero in his retirement at Tusculum . By midnight she has generally brought the account to a point where a half-hour 's fresh attention in the early morning will finish it . Not that she makes it come out right to a penny . She has been treasurer of the Boston Band of Benevolence , of the Saturday Morning Sloyd Circle , of the Club for the Reception of Russian Refugees , and of the Society for the Brooding of Buddhism ; but none of these organisations carries on its existence by means of pounds , shillings , and pence , or Salemina 's resignation would have been requested long ago . However , we are not disposed to be captious ; we are too glad to get rid of the bill .