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gentlemenтАФand my otherwiseтАФ what is the most pressing problem of our
day?тАЭ

тАЬGet on with it, Mr. Franklin!тАЭ Shandy Tupman piped, in his reedy voice,
shaking his fist in mock threat. тАЬHanтАЩt no schoolroom, this!тАЭ

Franklin arched his brows. тАЬAnd how would you know what the inside of a
schoolhouse looked like, Mr. Tupman?тАЭ




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That drew a few snickers.

тАЬOnly by rumor, sir,тАЭ Shandy replied good-naturedly.

тАЬAllow Mr. Franklin his glory, Mr. Tupman,тАЭ a beetle-browed fellow named
Dawkins said. тАЬItтАЩs little enough of it he has, as it is.тАЭ

A contagious chuckle passed around the room at that, and Franklin kept his
smile small: he was not the least well-known man in the British
Commonwealth of America.

тАЬVery gracious,тАЭ Franklin said. тАЬAnd to my question?тАЭ

тАЬBed mites!тАЭ someone offered.

тАЬPiss-thin beer!тАЭ

тАЬFoolish, prattling, overblown husbands!тАЭ asserted a lightly built woman with
sapphire eyes. Her exclamation was punctuated by assenting jeers.

тАЬMy dear,тАЭ Franklin said, peering down his nose at her. тАЬThereтАЩs no cure for
that sort of man but a sensible wife.тАЭ

тАЬSome cures take a lifetime to work, it seems,тАЭ she said back sweetly,
тАЬespecially when the patient is so deeply infected.тАЭ

Franklin smiled. тАЬWell, it may be. But one good husband is worth two good
wives.тАЭ

тАЬAnd how do you reckon that, husband?тАЭ she said.

тАЬWhy, my dear Lenka, the scarcer something is, the greater its value.тАЭ