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MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES.
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out; but I've got over that. I wouldn't put myself out of the way now for the best man that ever trod. For what thanks does a poor woman get? None at all. No: it's those who don't care for their families who are the best thought of. I only wish I could bring myself not to care for mine.

MR. CAUDLE HAS A WEAKNESS FOR GINGERBREAD NUTS.

"And why couldn't you say, like a man, you were going to Greenwich Fair when you went out? It's no use your saying that, Mr. Caudle: don't tell me that