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'

Such

matters

keep

well

,

and

,

like

good

wine

,

often

double

their

value

in

course

of

time

,

'

answered

the

matron

,

still

preserving

the

resolute

indifference

she

had

assumed

.

'

As

to

lying

dead

,

there

are

those

who

will

lie

dead

for

twelve

thousand

years

to

come

,

or

twelve

million

,

for

anything

you

or

I

know

,

who

will

tell

strange

tales

at

last

!

'

'

What

if

I

pay

it

for

nothing

?

'

asked

Monks

,

hesitating

.

'

You

can

easily

take

it

away

again

,

'

replied

the

matron

.

'

I

am

but

a

woman

;

alone

here

;

and

unprotected

.

'

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'

Not

alone

,

my

dear

,

nor

unprotected

,

neither

,

'

submitted

Mr.

Bumble

,

in

a

voice

tremulous

with

fear

:

'

I

am

here

,

my

dear

.

And

besides

,

'

said

Mr.

Bumble

,

his

teeth

chattering

as

he

spoke

,

'

Mr.

Monks

is

too

much

of

a

gentleman

to

attempt

any

violence

on

porochial

persons

.

Mr.

Monks

is

aware

that

I

am

not

a

young

man

,

my

dear

,

and

also

that

I

am

a

little

run

to

seed

,

as

I

may

say

;

bu

he

has

heerd

:

I

say

I

have

no

doubt

Mr.

Monks

has

heerd

,

my

dear

:

that

I

am

a

very

determined

officer

,

with

very

uncommon

strength

,

if

I

'm

once

roused

.

I

only

want

a

little

rousing

;

that

's

all

.

'

As

Mr.

Bumble

spoke

,

he

made

a

melancholy

feint

of

grasping

his

lantern

with

fierce

determination

;

and

plainly

showed

,

by

the

alarmed

expression

of

every

feature

,

that

he

DID

want

a

little

rousing

,

and

not

a

little

,

prior

to

making

any

very

warlike

demonstration

:

unless

,

indeed

,

against

paupers

,

or

other

person

or

persons

trained

down

for

the

purpose

.

'

You

are

a

fool

,

'

said

Mrs.

Bumble

,

in

reply

;

'

and

had

better

hold

your

tongue

.

'

'

He

had

better

have

cut

it

out

,

before

he

came

,

if

he

ca

n't

speak

in

a

lower

tone

,

'

said

Monks

,

grimly

.

'

So

!

He

's

your

husband

,

eh

?

'

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'

He

my

husband

!

'

tittered

the

matron

,

parrying

the

question

.

'

I

thought

as

much

,

when

you

came

in

,

'

rejoined

Monks

,

marking

the

angry

glance

which

the

lady

darted

at

her

spouse

as

she

spoke

.

'

So

much

the

better

;

I

have

less

hesitation

in

dealing

with

two

people

,

when

I

find

that

there

's

only

one

will

between

them

.

I

'm

in

earnest

.

See

here

!

'

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