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A pause. "Yes, dear." Mr. Mix's voice had taken on, some months ago, a permanent quality of langour; and never, since the day that he was laughed out of politics, had he regained his former dignity and impressiveness.
"Is that _you_--smoking again?"
"Why--"
"_Are_ you? Answer me."
"Why--yes, dear--I--"
"Come in here this minute."
Mr. Mix emerged from the arbor. "Yes, dear?"
She brandished her forefinger at him. "I _told_ you what would happen next time I caught you. Not one single cent do you get out of _me_ for many a long day, young man.... Come in here; I want you to listen to what I've written."
Mr. Mix's shoulders sagged, but he didn't stop to argue. "Yes, dear,"
he said, pacifically. "I'm coming."
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