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`` Maria , '' he began , with ominous composure , `` if you have any explanations to offer of these extraordinary circumstances -- '' Then the torrent burst forth . Every expletive familiar to the wives of good North-American husbands broke from Tom 's unleashed lips . `` I did n't hear of it till afternoon . I took the midnight express . Billy told Matilda he saw you get aboard the 7.20 train It 's all over Eastridge . We have been married thirteen years , Maria , and I have always had occasion to trust your judgment and good sense till now . '' `` That is precisely what I told her , '' ventured Dr. Denbigh .