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 Rh "I'm always wanting money for clothes?

"Now, Caudle, dear! What a man you are! I know you'll give me the money, because, after all, I think you love your children, and like to see 'em well dressed. It's only natural that a father should. Eh, Caudle, eh? Now you sha'n't go to sleep till you've told me.

"How much money do I want?

"Why, let me see, love. There's Caroline, and Jane, and Susannah, and Mary Anne, and—What do you say?

"I needn't count 'em; you know how many there are?