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‘Pecksniff,' said Jonas, taking off his hat, to see that the black crape band was all right; and finding that it was, putting it on again, complacently; ‘what do you mean to give your daughters when they marry?'
‘My dear Mr Jonas,' cried the affectionate parent, with an ingenuous smile, ‘what a very singular inquiry!'