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Fables for the Fair
"They are All a Woman could Desire," replied the Sister. "He will Escort you Anywhere Evenings and he Always Admires your Singing."
"But are you Sure that Down in the Bottom of his Heart he is a Perfectly Good Man?" asked the Woman.
"Not at all," replied the Sister. "I have No Means of Seeing the Bottom of his Heart. But he Always Opens the Door for me and Hopes I Slept Well."
"How do you Know," said the Woman, "that in some Tremendous Spiritual Crisis he would not Fail Me?"
"I Don't," the Sister replied. "We have Never had Any of Those in the Family. I should Not Marry with a View to having Them, I Think. But you are Certain to have Soup."
"Very well," said the Woman, "if that is your Advice, I will take Henry."
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