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and now you will return to your charming wife, and I—I shall retire. The great case of my life is over. Anything else will seem tame after this. No, I shall retire. Possibly I shall grow vegetable marrows! I might even marry and range myself!”

He laughed heartily at the idea, but with a touch of embarrassment. I hope ... small men always admire big, flamboyant women——

“Marry and range myself,” he said again. “Who knows?”