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_Mrs. Croaker._ "Well, if they concealed their amour, they shan't conceal their wedding; that shall be public, I'm resolved. " _The Good-natured Man._
My aunt afterwards apologised to us for having lost her temper, but I was heartily glad my uncle had resolved not to ask the young couple to dinner again. A few scenes of this kind would hardly fail to drive Theresa away, and without Theresa, what were life?