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Miss Delia Pringle had an idea and she came to Hiram with it that very day when he returned from his visit to Yancey Battick's patch of wheat.
"I do love a dance, Mr. Strong, don't you? " she began with her head on one side and a languishing look. "We have had very few of them around this neighborhood this winter. The flu, you know -- so many unfortunate sicknesses.