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           Shetooktowritingsensationstories,forinthosedarkages,evenall-perfectAmericareadrubbish.Shetoldnoone,butconcocteda‘thrillingtale’,andboldlycarrieditherselftoMr.Dashwood,editoroftheWeeklyVolcano.ShehadneverreadSartorResartus,butshehadawomanlyinstinctthatclothespossessaninfluencemorepowerfulovermanythantheworthofcharacterorthemagicofmanners.Soshedressedherselfinherbest,andtryingtopersuadeherselfthatshewasneitherexcitednornervous,bravelyclimbedtwopairsofdarkanddirtystairstofindherselfinadisorderlyroom,acloudofcigarsmoke,andthepresenceofthreegentlemen,sittingwiththeirheelsratherhigherthantheirhats,whicharticlesofdressnoneofthemtookthetroubletoremoveonherappearance.Somewhatdauntedbythisreception,Johesitatedonthethreshold,murmuringinmuchembarrassment...

           "Excuseme,IwaslookingfortheWeeklyVolcanooffice.IwishedtoseeMr.Dashwood."

           Downwentthehighestpairofheels,uprosethesmokiestgentleman,andcarefullycherishinghiscigarbetweenhisfingers,headvancedwithanodandacountenanceexpressiveofnothingbutsleep.Feelingthatshemustgetthroughthemattersomehow,Joproducedhermanuscriptand,blushingredderandredderwitheachsentence,blunderedoutfragmentsofthelittlespeechcarefullypreparedfortheoccasion.

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