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According to Paine's biography, Livy always referred to her husband as "youth."  I remember watching the Frederick March film in the 1970's and hearing Livy call her husband "Mark." It appears that the screenwriter had not got around to reading Paine.
 

Terry Ballard, Automation Librarian

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