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I am here today
on an important matter
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A marriage arrangement
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You need a hard-working wife
to escape the misery you are in
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A village-headman acquaintance
has an unmarried daughter...
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...whom he agrees
to marry to you
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He knows you are poor, have two
young daughters and a senile mother
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I'm sure you realize that you are
in no position to demand beauty
:17:44
You need a healthy wife with
big haunches to bear children
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Her face is of no concern
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so I'll proceed with this
if you don't mind
:18:01
With all due respect
I must differ
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How?
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I am not nearly as miserable
in my living as you may think
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Of course, offending His Lordship
by appearing unbathed before him...
:18:18
...was wrong, and I vow
never to repeat it
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However...
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...watching my daughters
as they grow day by day is...
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...how shall I put it?
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It's like watching crops ripen
or flowers grow in a field
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I enjoy it very much
:18:49
I'm not sure if the lady
of whom you speak...
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...would understand that
:18:57
Who would understand
such foolishness?!