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"So that was her reason," he said presently.
"Of course. Of course. It's the reason for the whole thing. It's the reason why, when a young man like you sees a young woman like me -- I mean like the lady you thought I was -- in an over-stimulating and tempestuous place like this, instead of taking off his silly hat to her, he should jam it well down over his silly ears and -- quit!"