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Mrs. Ewbert heard old Hilbrook begin at once in a high senile key without any form of response to her husband's greeting: "There was one thing you said to-day that I've been thinkin' over, and I've come down to talk with you about it."
"Yes? " Ewbert queried submissively, though he was aware of being quite as fagged as his wife accused him of being, after he spoke.