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THE
SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE.
CHAPTER I.
"The only fault of the house is, that it is semi-detached."
"Oh, Aunt Sarah! you don't mean that you expect me to live in a semi-detached house?"
"Why not, my dear, if it suits you in other respects?
"Why, because I should hate my semi-detachment, or whatever the occupants of the other half of the house may call themselves."
"They call themselves Hopkinson," continued Aunt Sarah, coolly.
