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第534章 MR. MARMADUKE AND THE MINISTER.(33)

When I tried the door it was locked. "Ha!" says Felicia, "Iwanted you to see it for yourself!" More suspicious proceedings on the part of my son-in-law! He kept the door constantly locked, and the key in his pocket. When his wife asked him what it meant, he answered: "My study is up there--and I like to keep it entirely to myself." After such a reply as that, the preservation of my daughter's dignity permitted but one answer: "Oh, keep it to yourself, by all means!"My previsions, upon this, assumed another form.