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He had his eye on her laundry, that small but steady gold mine, but her own attention was riveted on his hefty real estate. Their lives together would be fortified by the keen nip of greed, as each prayed daily to their household gods that the other would die first.
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Many marriages endure for decades on this healthy basis, so I wished her well.
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(from The Silver Pigs, by Lindsey Davis - page 258)
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