[The Husbands of Edith by George Barr McCutcheon]@TWC D-Link bookThe Husbands of Edith CHAPTER VII 8/38
His rectitude is without a flaw.
For heaven's sake, don't implicate him. He's--" "Madam, I am not a policeman," said Odell-Carney with scathing dignity. "I want your husband to aid me in hushing this c'nfended thing." "He shan't do it! I won't permit him to be mixed up in it," almost screamed Mrs.Rodney.
"I've just heard that he isn't a husband at all. It's atrocious!" "Bless me, Mrs.Rodney," roared Odell-Carney, "then you oughtn't to be living with him if he isn't your husband.
You're as bad as-- Hi, look out, there! Don't do that!" Mrs.Rodney had collapsed into her daughter's arms, gasping for breath. "She's all upset, Mr.Odell-Carney," said Katherine, shaking her mother soundly.
"It's just nerves.
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