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“Who are you?”
I was willing enough to answer, so I returned: “I am Constance Sterling”; and almost immediately added: “And who are you?”
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“No,” I replied, “I am only staying here. Mrs. Pollard is sick —”
“Do they like you?”
The interruption was quick, like all his speech, and caused me a curious sensation. But I conquered it with a laugh, and cheerily replied:
“As I only came last night, it would be hard to say”— and was going to add more, when the curious being broke out:
“She only came last night!” and, repeating the phrase again and again, suddenly darted from my side on to the law |
