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1868
With her, I suppose, it was. She belonged to the Guild of the Poor Dear Souls, and they hold the record for having nearly reformed a washerwoman. WITH HER I SUPPOSE IT WAS SHE BELONGED TO THE GUILD OF THE POOR DEAR SOULS AND THEY HOLD THE RECORD FOR HAVING NEARLY REFORMED A WASHERWOMAN
 died quite abruptly while watching a county cricket match; two and a half inches of rain had fallen for seven runs, and it was supposed that the excitement killed him. Anyhow, it gave her quite a shock; it was the first husband she'd lost, you know, and now she always screams if anything thrilling happens too soon after dinner. And after the audience had heard the Whortleberry scream the thing would be fairly launched." "And the plot?" "The plot," said Reginald, "would be one of those little everyday tragedies that one sees going on all round one. In my mind's eye there is the case of the Mudge-Jervises, which in an unpretentious way has quite an Enoch Arden intensity underlying it. They'd only been married some eighteen months or so, and circumstances had prevented their seeing much of each other. With him there was always a foursome or something that had to be played and replayed in different parts of the country, and she went in for slumming quite as seriously as if it was a sport. HE LOST HER FIRST HUSBAND HE DIED QUITE ABRUPTLY WHILE WATCHING A COUNTY CRICKET MATCH TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FOR SEVEN RUNS AND IT WAS SUPPOSED THAT THE EXCITEMENT KILLED HIM ANYHOW IT GAVE HER QUITE A SHOCK IT WAS THE FIRST HUSBAND SHE HAD LOST YOU KNOW AND NOW SHE ALWAYS SCREAMS IF ANYTHING THRILLING HAPPENS TOO SOON AFTER DINNER AND AFTER THE AUDIENCE HAD HEARD THE WHORTLEBURY SCREAM THE THING WOULD BE FAIRLY LAUNCHED AND THE PLOT THE PLOT SAID REGINALD WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE EVERYDAY TRAGEDIES THAT ONE SEES GOING ON ALL ROUND ONE IN MY MINDS EITHER AS THE CASE OF THE MUCH JARVISES WHICH IN AN UNPRETENTIOUS WAY HAS QUITE AN ENOCH ARDENT INTENSITY UNDERLYING IT THEY HAD ONLY BEEN MARRIED SOME EIGHTEEN MONTHS OR SO AND CIRCUMSTANCES HAD PREVENTED THEIR SEEING MUCH OF EACH OTHER WITH HIM THERE WAS ALWAYS A FORSAM OR SOMETHING THAT HAD TO BE PLAYED AND REPLAYED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND SHE WENT IN FOR SLUMMING QUITE AS SERIOUSLY AS IF IT WAS A SPORT
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