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"I really think," said Miss Montmorenci, judicially, "that it would be best for you to seek some shelter from this devastating wind. It really is not safe, you know, in the open. You might be swept away, just as your hat was."
"The shelter of a tree -- " I began, looking doubtfully into the garden, which had any number of trees.