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MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES.
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impudence!—I set her down for the rest of the evening. But I can see the humour you're in to-night. You only came to bed to quarrel, and I'm not going to indulge you. All I say is this, after the shameful mischief you've made at the Badgerlys', you never break my confidence again. Never—and now you know it."
Caudle hereupon writes—"And here she seemed inclined to sleep. Not for one moment did I think to prevent her."