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"I am so glad you have come, Thomas! " exclaimed Mrs. Butler, a pale, care-worn young wife, as her husband entered the room in which she had prepared the evening meal.
"Why, what is the matter _now_? " returned the husband, laying a wicked emphasis upon the word "now," as though he meant to imply that there always was something the matter.