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Haidee.

           "AliknowsIgenerallysmokewhileIamtakingmyteaorcoffee;hehasheardthatIorderedtea,andhealsoknowsthatIbroughtyouhomewithme;whenIsummonedhimhenaturallyguessedthereasonofmydoingso,andashecomesfromacountrywherehospitalityisespeciallymanifestedthroughthemediumofsmoking,henaturallyconcludesthatweshallsmokeincompany,andthereforebringstwochibouquesinsteadofoneandnowthemysteryissolved."

           "Certainlyyougiveamostcommonplaceairtoyourexplanation,butitisnotthelesstruethatyouAh,butwhatdoIhear?"andMorcerfinclinedhisheadtowardsthedoor,throughwhichsoundsseemedtoissueresemblingthoseofaguitar.

           "Mafoi,mydearviscount,youarefatedtohearmusicthisevening;youhaveonlyescapedfromMademoiselleDanglars’piano,tobeattackedbyHaidee’sguzla."

           "Haideewhatanadorablename!Arethere,then,reallywomenwhobearthenameofHaideeanywherebutinByron’spoems?"

           "Certainlythereare.HaideeisaveryuncommonnameinFrance,butiscommonenoughinAlbaniaandEpirus;itisasifyousaid,forexample,Chastity,Modesty,Innocenceitisakindofbaptismalname,asyouParisianscallit.

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