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I really think I shall commence chapter forty-four," he said, patting his hands together. "I shall commence, I think, with a slight exaggeration and go on from there into an outright lie. Constance, my dear?"Yes, Uncle Julian?"I am going to say that my wife was a beautiful woman.

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