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By an emphatic whisper Miss Grace Winthrop succeeded in impressing upon her aunt the necessity -- at no matter what sacrifice of the social conventions -- of being the last to go. In the matter of keeping Livingstone, she experienced no difficulty at all. And when the unnecessary eight had departed, she presented to her aunt and uncle her deliverer, and -- in a delightfully hesitating way -- told to Mr. and Mrs. Smith the story of her deliverance.
It was when this matter had been explained that Livingstone, who felt that his position now was absolutely secure, brought up the delicate question of his own identity.