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She w\as not a very THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. 27 clever woman, emotional, half fanatical, witli the pathetic want to be good. Dr. Lamb said very little until supper was over, and his few remarks to his wife were commonplace enough. SHE WAS NOT A VERY CLEVER WOMAN EMOTIONAL HALF FANATICAL WITH A PATHETIC WANT TO BE GOOD DOCTOR LAMB SAID VERY LITTLE UNTIL SUPPER WAS OVER AND HIS FEW REMARKS TO HIS WIFE WERE COMMONPLACE ENOUGH
she appeared to be slightly afraid of her husband. They went into the dining-room. At a small table supper was laid; and they both sat down. Mrs. Lamb said grace audibly, while her husband stared pensively at a mayonnaise. 26 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. CHAPTER III. Mrs. Lamb's want of tact was so pronounced that it even overcame lier fear of lier liusl)and, and she still spoke about the service of the church and the great good that she had received from it ; he listened politely with attention, occasionally looking up from his plate at her, almost inquisitively. At each glance from under the thick sandy eyebrows, and at each slight smile that showed the big- white teeth, she faltered. The glance and smile had a kind of reserved meaning in them ; they forced her into the exasperating belief that she was being treated with superiority. She was half-inclined to lose her temper — did, indeed, for one moment cut the chicken-wino- on her plate as if it had been an enemy — but commanded herself.  CHAPTER THREE OF THE OCTAVE OF CLOUDIUS THIS IS A LIBER VOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY AIR AND RIVETTA THE OCTAVE OF CLOUDIUS BY BERRY PAIN CHAPTER THREE MISSUS LAMB'S WANT OF TACT WAS SO PRONOUNCED THAT IT EVEN OVERCAME HER FEAR OF HER HUSBAND AND SHE STILL SPOKE ABOUT THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH AND THE GREAT GOOD THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED FROM IT HE LISTENED POLITELY WITH ATTENTION OCCASIONALLY LOOKING UP FROM HIS PLATE AT HER ALMOST INQUISITIVELY AT EACH GLANCE FROM UNDER THE THICK SANDY EYEBROWS AND AT EACH SLIGHT SMILE THAT SHOWED THE BIG WHITE TEETH SHE FALTERED THE GLANCE AND SMILE HAD A KIND OF RESERVED MEANING IN THEM THEY FORCED HER INTO EXASPERATING BELIEF THAT SHE WAS BEING TREATED WITH SUPERIORITY SHE WAS HALF INCLINED TO LOSE HER TEMPER DID INDEED FOR ONE MOMENT CUT THE CHICKEN WING ON HER PLATE AS IF IT HAD BEEN AN ENEMY BUT COMMANDED HERSELF
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