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Prescott's guests had spent a week at his homestead with content when Colston and his wife sat talking one morning.
"I'm frankly puzzled," said Colston, opening his cigar case; "I can't make Cyril out. He's frugal, remarkably industrious -- I think the description's warranted -- and, from all that one can gather, as steady as a rock. This, of course, is gratifying, but it's by no means what I expected."