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"Are you not a long time getting to the Hall? " inquired Lady Gwendolyn innocently. "It looked so very near when I was at the top of the tree. I am afraid I must be dreadfully heavy, after all. Do let me try to walk."
"Not for the world; you might injure yourself for life," he replied. "I could have hurried a little more, only that I was afraid of shaking you."