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Every one liked this, except Mrs. Cathcart, who opined, with her usual / smile, that it was rather silly.
"Well, I hope a father may be silly sometimes," said the curate, with a / glance at his wife, which she did not acknowledge. "At least I fear I / should be silly enough, if I were a father."