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The next morning, discussing a succulent plate of ham and eggs, but with the cook bustling round him and disposed to be so very friendly that at moments he could not really tell whether it was egg or ham that he had got in his mouth, Larose was groping about in his mind for a tale good enough to pitch to Dr. Shillington.
"Darn the woman," he frowned to himself, "hasn't she learnt yet that breakfast is the one meal at which no one ever does any courting? It's much too early in the day for love, and she's taking all the taste out of my food. I wish to goodness she'd leave me alone."