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"Oh," said Peggy Annersley, "I didn't suppose there would be anybody here. " This was not strictly accurate, because Peggy had seen Mr Musgrave through the open door as she was passing the billiard-room and had entered on the spur of the moment to discover why he was there, and alone. Such is the bump of feminine curiosity. "Have you been here long?"
"Since the interval," he answered, rising at her entry, and confronting her with the shame-faced air of a man caught playing truant.