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As Joan turned the corner of a lane leading to the high road, she found herself awkwardly trying to pass a man who confronted her -- a young fellow far too elegant and well-dressed to be a Rigganite.
"Beg pardon! " he said abruptly, as if he were not in the best of humors. And then she recognized him.