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Man and Wife

CHAPTER THE FIFTH
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A woman bent on her marriage is a woman who can meet the objections of the whole world, single-handed, and refute them all.
"I have provided for every thing," she said, "and I have provided for that.

I shall tell the landlady I am on my wedding-trip.

I shall say my husband is sight-seeing, on foot, among the mountains in the neighborhood--" "She is sure to believe that!" said Geoffrey.
"She is sure to _dis_believe it, if you like.

Let her! You have only to appear, and to ask for your wife--and there is my story proved to be true! She may be the most suspicious woman living, as long as I am alone with her.

The moment you join me, you set her suspicions at rest.


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