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A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary．All day she felt 1 and worried．Late in the afternoon she 2 courage to approach her employer．To her 3 , the boss agreed to a raise．
The woman arrived home that evening and found a beautiful table set with the best dishes．Candles were softly burning．Her 4 had come home early and was preparing a festive meal．She wondered if someone from the office had 5 it out to him or did he just 6 know that she would not get turned 7 ?
She came into the 8 and told him the good news．They shared the joy, then sat down to the wonderful meal． 9 her plate the woman found a 10 lettered card．It 11 ,“Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd got the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you．”
The next day, her husband put on his coat to go out to work．She noticed that a(an) 12 card had fallen from his 13 ．Picking it 14 from the floor, she read, “Don't worry about 15 getting the raise! You should get it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you．”
16 has said that the measure of love is 17 you love without measure．What this man feels for his wife is total acceptance and unselfish 18 , whether she succeeds or fails．His love celebrates her 19 and soothes(抚平)her wounds．He stands by her, no matter what life throws 20 their direction．
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