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"Oh, I was the husband and you were the wife; We met, and we married, and parted. Our meeting was happy, our marriage was strife: Our parting left each broken-hearted. Our hearts are now cured of their anguish and shame; We've learned each our lesson of sorrow; 'Tis folly to need the same lesson again, And so I will bid you 'good-morrow. "
Sir Rupert's study, which was one of the most comfortable apartments in the house, was placed in the east angle of the building, so that two of the walls were formed by the outside of the house. It was lighted by four French windows, two of which were generally open in fine weather, looking out on to the terrace.