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One night his wife could no longer restrain her vain and morbid curiosity as to what he was doing, walking so up and down in his room. He saw the door to her room open an inch. At the same time his daughter's door similarly opened. In a moment he had disposed himself for the great scene.
"Come in," he called. There was a commanding ring in his voice. "Come in, both of you, and sit there on the bed."