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If thou hast run with the footmen and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace wherein thou trustedst they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
SCENE. -- The GADSBYS' bungalow in the Plains, on a January morning. MRS. G. arguing with bearer in back veranda.