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‘Well, old lady,' commenced Mr Vansittart facetiously, ‘and what is it? I hope the skipper ain't been taking liberties with you, nor nothing of that sort.'
‘Oh, now, John! do stop your nonsense, when you know well I've been your married wife for five-and-twenty years, and no man ever dared take a liberty with me yet.'