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Two months later. A sunny day towards the end of July, the sort of day on which one longs to have nothing to do but to saunter about a garden, or lounge under trees with the lightest of light literature in his hands. It was rather hot in the milliner's shop in the Blissmore High Street, though the sun-blinds had been down since the early morning to protect the few, though pretty, bonnets and hats tastefully displayed in the window. These sun-blinds were a new addition to Miss Halliday's frontage, and she was very proud of them.
"Such a convenience," she said, "making such a nice shade, and yet not stopping passers-by seeing what was to be seen. Not that that would matter," she went on, complacently. "If we had nothing but a plain front door, customers would come in plenty, I feel sure, now that we're getting such a name."