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The Mystery of Metropolisville

CHAPTER XI
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So do I.Indeed, life would be a very poor affair if it were not for these--what shall I call them?
If Brown knew how much Jones's wife was superior to his own, Brown would be neither happier nor better for the knowledge.

When he sees the superiority of Mrs.Jones's temper to Mrs.
Brown's somewhat energetic disposition, he always falls back on Mrs.
Brown's diploma, and plumes himself that at any rate Mrs.Brown graduated at the Hobson Female College.

Poor Mrs.Jones had only a common-school education.

How mortified Jones must feel when he thinks of it!.


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