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Mr Vance, of that eminent firm of solicitors, Vance & Vance, was in the midst of a busy day's work when a visitor was announced, and as he read the card his eyebrows rose. "Show Miss Stedman in, please." He got up and came halfway across the room to meet her. "Why this is a most unexpected pleasure, Miss Stedman," he said, closing the door after her. "You haven't come for legal advice, I hope?" "No, not exactly that," she replied with a little smile. "I have heard great stories of your progress in the county" said Mr Vance. "Sit down there, my dear. Why it's good to see you again. I shall never have another secretary like you. Yes, I hear great things about you; you raised a lot of money for the County Hospital, I'm told, .And isn't there a complimentary dinner to you soon, or has it gone past?" "It is not exactly a complimentary dinner to me," she smiled. "I think it is to be a function where everybody congratulates themselves, and I am to be one of the complacent many. Mr Vance," she said, her voice striking a more serious note, "did you ever know Uncle Solomon?"
"I think I told you I'd met him," replied Vance, nodding. "I have only the dimmest recollection of Mr Stedman."