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"And now," Dene said, with the air of a man who, against all hazards approaches a perilous subject, "about my schoolmistress."
The President lit his cigar, and looked thoughtfully across at the guarded cottage. He smoked for a few seconds in silence. Then he waved away the little cloud of white smoke which hung before him almost motionless in the breathless air, and turned to his host.