"You know, Kirk, we are both frightfully extravagant. I'm sure we are spending too much money as it is. You know you sold out some of your capital only the other day."
"It was only that once. And you had set your heart on that pendant. Surely to goodness, if I drag you away from a comfortable home to live in a hovel, the least I can do is to - "
"You didn't drag me. I just walked in and sat down, and you couldn't think how to get rid of me, so in despair you married me."
(from The Coming of Bill, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
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