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Mr. Pinchook gave a little start of surprise, then got up and bowed.
Esmeralda's beauty took him by surprise. He had expected to see--well, if he had been asked what he had expected to see, he would have found it difficult to answer: something rough and uncouth, and, of course, quite uncultivated. Now Esmeralda, though she wore a short skirt with a blue blouse, and was without a hat, did not look uncouth, however uncultivated she may have been.