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Her handsome , haughty face grew pale as she read it . `` It is a wretched piece of business from beginning to end , '' she said to herself . `` Now here is my peace of mind for the day gone . I was to have seen Madame Adelaide soon after noon about my dresses , and the dentist at three . I know absolutely nothing which I can say to a jealous wife , I know nothing of jealousy . Most of the wives whom I know are pleased rather than otherwise when their husbands are away from home . Marion takes things too seriously .