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The Husbands of Edith

CHAPTER III
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"But can't you say that you have insomnia, and can't sleep unless you are above the noise of the street ?" He looked at her with an expression that made a verbal reply to this suggestion altogether unnecessary.
"Nurse says that Tootles has forgotten the real Roxbury," she went on, after a moment.

"See how cleverly you have played the part." Still he stared moodily, unconvinced, at the roadway ahead.

They were driving in the Haupt Allee.
"I hope I haven't got Roxbury into trouble by that interview I gave out concerning the new method of fire-proofing woodwork in office buildings and hotels.

It occurred to me afterward that he is violently opposed to the system.

I advocated it.


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