Taking Chances

"What’s up, mom?" he asked his wife’s mother. "What have I been and gone and done now, I’d like to know? Did I leave the water running in the bathroom before starting for Washington, or have you lost my bull pup again, that you all look so queer—or what the deuce is it all about?"
Neither of the women vouchsafed him any reply, and he turned to his senior partner.

 

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