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"It all depends upon what you mean by a successful marriage," Lady Walton had remarked earlier in the day. "You have now, my dear Edith, been married ten years; you look ten years younger than you are; your husband spends all his evenings at home, and you have an excellent staff of servants. I really do not see what more you can ask!"
"I don't suppose we often see why other people should ask more than they have," Edith replied. "Other people ought to be satisfied, and yet other people aren't."