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Well, it is generally considered_ though not always true_ that the wife of a man so honoured is likely also to be worthy of the honour, and so it is accorded her. In the event it is false, and I have known that to be so in more than one circumstance , it is still accorded her in deference to her husband."~Sherlock Holmes, with respect to aristocratic titles
Stephanie Osborn The Case of the Cosmological Killer: The Rendlesham Incident
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Well, it is generally considered_ though not always true_ that the wife of a man so honoured is likely also to be worthy of the honour, and so it is accorded her. In the event it is false, and I have known that to be so in more than one circumstance , it is still accorded her in deference to her husband."~Sherlock Holmes, with respect to aristocratic titles
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The Case of the Cosmological Killer: The Rendlesham Incident

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