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Maud heard about that ride with much satisfaction. Her respect for her sister was going up by leaps and bounds. To be clever enough to land a man with a past that was frightening as well as a young and wealthy hero was a genuine achievement worthy of record. Secretly Maud dreamed of a life to be a continual flirtation, and to hint at these romantic things deftly as part of Horatia's doings made a very interesting topic. She sighed and said:
"It's all very easy to decide what you ought to do in abstract cases, but when one's own young sister is involved!"