, "Thank youРagain; you seem to be a sort of knight- errant!"Р "Shall I--assist you?" I asked. (I might have known that this wasРgoing too far.)Р "No, thank you," she said, with polar frigidity. "Good-afternoon."РAnd she hopped back to her aunt Celia without another word.Р I don't know how to approach aunt Celia. She is formidable. By aРcurious accident of feature, for which she is not in the least responsible,Рshe always wears an unfortunate expression as of one perceiving someРoffensive odor in the immediate vicinity. This may be a mere accident ofРhigh birth. It is the kind of nose often seen in the "first families," and herРname betrays the fact that she is of good old Knickerbocker origin. WeРgo to Wells to-morrow. At least I think we do.Р SHEР GLOUCESTER, June 9 The Spread Eagle.Р 10
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