A fond husband was so enraptured with a lady at a fancy ball that he offered her £10 to unmask. She accepted the money, saying,^ "Now your wife can pay the servant's back wages." It was his mother-in-law.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4943, 12 November 1884, Page 2
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38Untitled Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4943, 12 November 1884, Page 2
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