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Lord Theign, when he had gone, revolved -- it might have been nervously -- about the place a little, but soon broke ground. "He'll have told you, I understand, that I've promised to speak to you for him. But I understand also that he has found something to say for himself."
"Yes, we talked -- a while since," the girl said. "At least _he_ did."