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"ANYTHING the matter down in the lower regions, my dear? You look annoyed," said the mild, placid little husband of Mrs. Mellor, as his lady entered the drawing-room in which he was resting himself after his walk.
"Oh! We've had a tempest in a teapot! " replied Mrs. Mellor. "Miriam is in one of her tempers."