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52 *Wife.—He probably thinks you are rather an extraordinary sort of person!
 * Husband.—We often get what we don’t expect.
 * Wife.—Take care, my dear; if you treat people as if you considered them fools, they will scorn you!
 * Husband.—That was not my intention at all at first. To tell the truth, I thought that perhaps such a silent man might give some rather bright answer to my questions. Even now I can’t help thinking that he is hiding something by his silence. He may even have invented something great which no one knows about. He might have some deep insight into human nature, and may guess at some hidden secret of our married life … something which we ourselves may not be aware of.
 * Wife.—Again you are allowing your imagination to overstretch itself!
 * Husband.—Well, let us get ready to go now. Are you sure you have left nothing?
 * (At this moment the clerk of the inn appears.)
 * Clerk.—Are you leaving now? … We are extremely sorry the weather has been so bad while you have been here.
 * Husband.—But we are very glad that it has cleared up just when we are starting back.
 * Clerk.—Yes, I’m sure that it will soon be quite fine, Sir.
 * Husband.—I sincerely hope so … Will you be so kind as to carry this bag, this basket, and these small things downstairs for us?