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"Three days later, a tall dark girl presented herself before me; she was very beautiful, with an expression at once demure and provocative, a strangely sophisticated expression. Her manner to me was correctness itself. As I didn't know quite on what footing to put her, I called her ‘Mademoiselle'; then she said: ‘Oh, Madame need not call me anything but Rose. ' We began to talk.
" ‘Well, Rose, you know why you are here?'