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Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by Douglas William Jerrold
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WILL, IS "ONLY ANXIOUS, AS A WIFE," TO KNOW ITS PROVISIONS



"There, I always said you'd a strong mind when you liked, Caudle; and
what you've just been doing proves it. Some people won't make a
will, because they think they must die directly afterwards. Now,
you're above that, love, aren't you? Nonsense; you know very well
what I mean. I know your will's made, for Scratcherly told me so.
What?

"YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT?

"Well, I'm sure! That's a pretty thing for a man to say to his wife.
I know he's too much of a man of business to talk; but I suppose
there's a way of telling things without speaking them. And when I
put the question to him, lawyer as he is, he hadn't the face to deny
it.

"To be sure, it can be of no consequence to me whether your will is
made or not. I shall not be alive, Mr. Caudle, to want anything: I
shall be provided for a long time before your will's of any use. No,
Mr. Caudle, I sha'n't survive you: and--though a woman's wrong to
let her affection for a man be known, for then she's always taken
advantage of--though I know it's foolish and weak to say so, still I
don't want to survive you. How should I? No, no; don't say that:
I'm not good for a hundred--I sha'n't see you out, and another
husband too. What a gross idea, Caudle! To imagine I'd ever think
of marrying again. No--never! What?

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