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turmoil had worn upon me, and within two minutes I was something more  
than half asleep. Mrs. McWilliams roused me:  
"
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"
Darling, is that register turned on?"  
No."  
I thought as much. Please turn it on at once. This room is cold."  
I turned it on, and presently fell asleep again. I was aroused once  
more:  
"
Dearie, would you mind moving the crib to your side of the bed? It is  
nearer the register."  
I moved it, but had a collision with the rug and woke up the child. I  
dozed off once more, while my wife quieted the sufferer. But in a little  
while these words came murmuring remotely through the fog of my  
drowsiness:  
"Mortimer, if we only had some goose grease--will you ring?"  
I climbed dreamily out, and stepped on a cat, which responded with a  
protest and would have got a convincing kick for it if a chair had not  
got it instead.  
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