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"Really your question is a curious one," I exclaimed, smiling, although inwardly I resented her intrusion upon my affairs.
"Do not think I intended to be unduly inquisitive," my youthful hostess said quickly, fidgeting with her golden bangle whereon a tiny bell tinkled musically as she moved, and glancing up at me with her dark, bright eyes.