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The kitchen door opened abruptly, and the girl he had seen in the porch entered, carrying a lamp in her hand. She was a welcome sight to Rufus Myrthe.
"I'm glad to see you, lass!" he exclaimed. "I guess it's a bit lonesome here. That lady in the chimney-corner's not exactly a powerful conversationalist. What about a room, eh? Your father as good as promised you'd find me one. I've got a dry change in my satchel and I shouldn't object to getting inside of it."