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"Now, Mortimer, why do you want to turn up the gas and wake up the child  
again?"  
"Because I want to see how much I am hurt, Caroline."  
"
Well, look at the chair, too--I have no doubt it is ruined. Poor cat,  
suppose you had--"  
"Now I am not going to suppose anything about the cat. It never would  
have occurred if Maria had been allowed to remain here and attend to  
these duties, which are in her line and are not in mine."  
"Now, Mortimer, I should think you would be ashamed to make a remark like  
that. It is a pity if you cannot do the few little things I ask of you  
at such an awful time as this when our child--"  
"There, there, I will do anything you want. But I can't raise anybody  
with this bell. They're all gone to bed. Where is the goose grease?"  
"
On the mantelpiece in the nursery. If you'll step there and speak to  
Maria--"  
I fetched the goose grease and went to sleep again. Once more I was  
called:  
"Mortimer, I so hate to disturb you, but the room is still too cold for  
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