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At this point Socrates noticed that she was sumptuously dressed, and that her mother at her side was wearing fine clothes and jewellery; and she had many pretty maids, who also were well cared for, and her house was lavishly furnished.“Tell me, Theodote/,” he said, “have you a farm?”“Not I,” she answered.“Or a house, perhaps, that brings in money?”“No, nor a house.”“Some craftsmen, possibly?”“No, none.”“Then where do you get your supplies from?”“I live on the generosity of any friend I pick up.”
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