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YOU KNOW HOW RELATIVES ARE
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the hints he threw out! He wanted to know whether you and I ever scrapped or not—

Well, just take an example. I happened to mention Jackie, and he says, "Does Mame allow you to keep him in the house?"

Well, I just looked at him, and I said, kind of cold, "Mame and I have both agreed that the house is no place for a dog, for his own sake, and that he's much better off where he is, out in a doghouse by the garage."

And one thing almost got my goat. He said, "Say, on all these trips you make to New York, haven't you ever picked up a nice little piece of fluff?"

Well, I just looked at him, quietly, and I said, "Walt," I said, "I never could see the necessity for a man that's married to the finest little woman God ever made to even look at any other woman. A fellow like that," I said, "he naturally wants to keep all that's finest in him for the one woman who has consented to share his fortunes and keep him happy."