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| What the cause of the quarrel was, or what sharp sarcasm from the woman's lips pricked suddenly through that thick skin may never be known, but suddenly the man took his pipe in his left hand, leaned forward, and deliberately struck her across the face with his right. Thick skin is, indeed, our moral clothes, and without it we are not fit to be seen about in civilized society. A thick skin of new ice showed that it had not been used for some time. |
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