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Excerpt from Marian, or the Light of Some One's Home: A Tale of Australian Bush Life I don't know, I'm sure, what you're driving at, missus, was the measured retort Of her husband, as very quietly, very leisurely, very unconcernedly, he reached forward for the tongs, and lifted one of the glowing embers to ignite the tobacco in his black pipe. He generally took refuge from his wife's attacks in its soothing influence. You do, Burton - you know as well as I do. Haven't I been worrying and worrying these last six months and more, about one and the same thing? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.