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The Clerk of the Court came to his feet with a startled "Merci! " and the master-carpenter fell back with a smothered exclamation. Both men stared confusedly at the woman as she shut the door slowly and, as it might seem, carefully, before she faced them.
"Here I am, George," she said, her face alive with vital adventure.