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He might as well have been dead. With madame it was otherwise. The headache was, of course, a ruse. HE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN DEAD WITH MADAME IT WAS OTHERWISE THE HEADACHE WAS OF COURSE A RUSE
most popular balls of the season. She did not wear her tiara. There had been several highway jewellery robberies in the neighbourhood of late, and she pleased her husband immensely by leaving her diamonds carefully locked up at home. "You are prudence itself," he said, gazing at her in admiration. "And as a reward you shall dance all the evening whilst I look on and admire you." But soon Madame Mildau could dance no longer. She had a very bad headache, and begged her husband to take her home. M. Mildau was very sympathetic. He was very sorry for his wife, and suggested that she should take some brandy. She readily agreed that a little brandy might do her good, and they took some together in their bedroom, after which madame's husband remembered little more. He had a vague notion that his wife was rolling his neck-handkerchief round his forehead in the form of a Turkish turban, and patting him on the cheeks and smilingly wishing him a thousand pleasant dreams, and then--all was a blank. USBAND ATTENDED ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BALLS OF THE SEASON SHE DID NOT WEAR HER TIARA THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL HIGHWAY JEWELRY ROBBERS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LATE AND SHE PLEASED HER HUSBAND IMMENSELY BY LEAVING HER DIAMONDS CAREFULLY LOCKED UP AT HOME YOU ARE PRUDENCE ITSELF HE SAID GAZING AT HER IN ADMIRATION AND AS A REWARD YOU SHALL DANCE ALL THE EVENING WHILST I LOOK ON AND ADMIRE YOU BUT SOON MADAME MILDOW COULD DANCE NO LONGER SHE HAD A VERY BAD HEADACHE AND BEGGED HER HUSBAND TO TAKE HER HOME MISTER MILDOW WAS VERY SYMPATHETIC HE WAS VERY SORRY FOR HIS WIFE AND SUGGESTED THAT SHE SHOULD TAKE SOME BRANDY SHE READILY AGREED THAT A LITTLE BRANDY MIGHT DO HER GOOD AND THEY TOOK SOME TOGETHER IN THEIR BEDROOM AFTER WHICH MADAME'S HUSBAND REMEMBERED LITTLE MORE HE HAD A VAGUE NOTION THAT HIS WIFE WAS ROLLING HIS NECK HANDKERCHIEF ROUND HIS FOREHEAD IN THE FORM OF A TURKISH TURBAN AND PATTING HIM ON THE CHEEKS AND SMILING WISHING HIM A THOUSAND PLEASANT DREAMS AND THEN ALL WAS A BLANK
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