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he  was  dying, but  he  was  laughing  , he  could  not  stop himself  from laughing  because  he  found   it  so  funny, he  had  decided  never  to  marry  again  after  his   rough tongued  wife  emily  had  gone  from the  village, she  had  made  his  life  so  miserable  , he  was  aged  and so  was  emily  but  soon he  began noticing the boarding  house  warden  ella  who  had  attractive  looks  of  a  persian  cat  , he  was  amazed  why  a  young  woman like  her  was  working  in that  village