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Horace was slightly surprised on coming down dressed for dinner to meet in his wife's sitting-room a lady of such widely-spread picture-postcard fame. He had already seen Anastasia twice in the musical comedy which she had made famous, but his wife's introduction arrested him.
"Horace," she said, "this is Helen of Troy."