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"Is it not shocking? " said Mrs. Ruddles, the curate's wife, to Mrs. Spedley, the surgeon's better half, as she sipped the smoking bohea, and commented on the ongoings of Walton, and its "muse" in particular, -- "Is it not shocking to witness such depravity? To think of his taking up with such trumpery as Hester Mason!"
"And to think of her encouraging the wicked, old villain! " ejaculated the indignant Mrs. Spedley.