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"Nothing the matter, really, John. I am not ill, indeed -- only stupid; " / and Honor, leaning on her husband's arm, looked up into his face with / one of her sunniest smiles.
"Stupid! How's that? " John said. "You were never stupid at the Clays'. / You were gay as a bird there, my darling. What's come over you, my sweet / one? I hope you've got everything you want to make you happy?"