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“Well?” she asked, sharply, “What was your third qualification? Beauty, I suppose?”

“No,” he husked out. “No… I… I’m not… I want a girl who will love me.”

“Well, I can see how that would be a problem,” she said, her voice sharp. “You are so picky. Why would any girl…?” Then, when he didn’t respond, she said, “Look at me!”

He looked up.

“Loving her husband is a wife’s job!”

“But… some marriages…”

“Some people don’t do their job well,”

And some people don't do their job well.

Truer words were never spoken.

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