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By most of the rules of society, both Mr. Wood and I were guilty of gross gentility. He greeted me overtly as the welcome guest and needled me with a show of patronizing tolerance as he implied that my basic interest was in Florence.
To match him, I accepted his hospitality and made use of the proximity to spy on him and his family.