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Roland, Jim, and Eddy went home with the Nawab, and he told them why he wanted them. "I made a fool of myself to-day," he said, "and I wanted you to see why. I want you to see my wife."
It was such a strangely difficult subject that Roland himself would not tackle it. Eddy did. "I thought you had many wives, sir--as many as the Jewish patriarchs?"