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The Yellow Face

           Imaymentionthatherhusbandhadlefthercomfortablyoff,andthatshehadacapitalofaboutfourthousandfivehundredpounds,whichhadbeensowellinvestedbyhimthatitreturnedanaverageofsevenpercent.ShehadonlybeensixmonthsatPinnerwhenImether;wefellinlovewitheachother,andwemarriedafewweeksafterwards.

           "Iamahopmerchantmyself,andasIhaveanincomeofsevenoreighthundred,wefoundourselvescomfortablyoffandtookaniceeighty-pound-a-yearvillaatNorbury.Ourlittleplacewasverycountrified,consideringthatitissoclosetotown.Wehadaninnandtwohousesalittleaboveus,andasinglecottageattheothersideofthefieldwhichfacesus,andexceptthosetherewerenohousesuntilyougothalfwaytothestation.Mybusinesstookmeintotownatcertainseasons,butinsummerIhadlesstodo,andtheninourcountryhomemywifeandIwerejustashappyascouldbewished.Itellyouthatthereneverwasashadowbetweenusuntilthisaccursedaffairbegan.

           "There’sonethingIoughttotellyoubeforeIgofurther.Whenwemarried,mywifemadeoverallherpropertytomeratheragainstmywill,forIsawhowawkwarditwouldbeifmybusinessaffairswentwrong.However,shewouldhaveitso,anditwasdone.Well,aboutsixweeksagoshecametome.

           "‘Jack,"saidshe,‘whenyoutookmymoneyyousaidthatifeverIwantedanyIwastoaskyouforit.’

           "‘CertainlysaidI.‘It’sallyourown.

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