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 sent you here to help us, and now when something happens you don't do anything."

"I am serious. I never was more serious in my life. You don't know what a lot I've got on my mind."

"But Gene, you're so clever, I thought perhaps you could think of something. If you could have a talk with her, I'm sure you could cheer her up. You're the only one here who cap understand her."

"What's the matter with her husband?"

"If you had a secret sorrow, would you confide it to Herr Quackenbush?"

"He knows some useful telephone numbers. But maybe I have a secret sorrow. Nyla, listen, I want"

"I've got to go and see that Daddy finds his studs."

"But Nyla"

"If you can comfort Frau Quackenbush, you can tell me about that later."

"Nyla, you little fiend"

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