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 What can you mean?—Toys and finery—my dear, my dear, you are very rude!"

"Rude!" said Henry's mamma, "rude, indeed! Mr. Smith—and pray, sir, what do you mean by saying, 'Fifty years?' Do you suppose that I am fifty years old?—Extraordinary indeed!"

"I beg pardon," said Mr. Smith; "I did not mean to offend—but there is that little boy trying to explain the bible to his bearer."