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“No social objections to the girl?”

“None. She’s an unusual girl.”

“Attractive?”

“Unfortunately.”

“Well, then–––”

“Oh, James, I want him to marry Elorn! And if he’s going to make himself conspicuous over this Dumont girl, I don’t think I can bear it!”

“What is the objection to the girl, Helen?” he asked, flinging his paper onto a table and drawing nearer the fire.

“She isn’t at all our kind, James–––”

“But you just said–––”