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"One moment! " said Jen, as they approached the veranda, whereon Dido was waiting them. "How do you know Etwald picked up the handkerchief in the room?"
"Because I overheard his apology to my mother for having put her handkerchief to such use," replied Isabella, with suspicious promptitude.