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For the sum of six hundred pounds Clare parted with her half-share of "Green Shutters" and the furniture therein and when Mr. Biddulph had obtained probate and produced his statement of accounts, Mary found herself the mistress of "Green Shutters" and its furniture, and of £230 0s. 0d. invested in 5 per cent. War Loan--1929-47. The title deed was sent to her husband and he handed it over to her one morning at breakfast.
-"There you are,--woman of property."