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Hal asked the name of his new acquaintance, and she told him it was Mary Burke. "Ye've not been here long, I take it," she said, "or ye'd have heard of ‘Red Mary. ' 'Tis along of this hair."
"I've not been here long," he answered, "but I shall hope to stay now -- along of this hair! May I come to see you some time, Miss Burke?"