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Cryder called on Hermia Monday afternoon. Although the room was full he had a few words with her, and she thought him very charming.
"I want to talk to you," he said. "I have wanted to talk to you ever since I met you, but I was in such a bad humor the other night that I would not inflict you. Are you ever alone? Cannot I have an hour or two some evening?"