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"Before I begin," continued my companion, slanting her hat so as to prevent the sun from meddling with the perfect tones of her complexion, "tell me what you already know about this young lady. I do not wish to waste any information."
"All I know," said I, "is that her family name is Raynor, -- my grandmother told me that, -- that she is absolutely, utterly, and even wickedly out of place in the House of Martha, and that I want her for my wife."