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I confess I was a little dismayed to find what a solemn turn the / club-stories had taken. But this dismay lasted for a moment only; / for I saw that Adela was deeply interested, again wearing the look / that indicates abstracted thought and feeling. I said to myself:
"This is very different mental fare from what you have been used to, / Adela."