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She has eight children already , and would consider the ninth a further blessing . Her husband is a good-looking man , too , and most devoted . In fact , they are quite an ideal pair with their eight children and their fish-shop . He had to go to Yarmouth the other day to buy bloaters , and while he was away she went by the five o'clock train every morning to choose the day 's supply of fish for the shop , and he was quite unhappy about it . He was afraid she would ` overdo ' herself , and rather than that should happen he desired her to let the business go to the -- ahem ! He made her write every day to say how she was , and was wretched till he returned to relieve her of her arduous duties . She made friends with me during the scarlet fever epidemic .