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94 Lewis laughed.

he remarked.

said Mrs. Palmer charitably.

Mrs. Palmer put down the paper she was reading.

she said.

he asked, with his usual directness.

Had Mrs. Palmer been in the company of other people, she would have executed her famous scream, because she was amused. But she never wasted it, and it would have been quite wasted on her husband.

she said.

asked her husband.

she asked.

This time Mrs. Palmer gave the scream, for she was so much amused as to forget the absence of an audience.

she said.

remarked Lewis. She just plays about. However, we're not