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"Well," said I, "supposing you begin"

"But is she likely to interest you?"

"I think so--yes"

"Aren't you sure, then?"

"Quite sure--certainly"

"Then why don't you say so?"

"I thought you would take that for granted"

"A woranted, sir"

"Then," said I, "supposing you begin"

"I've half a ain, and then, suddenly: "What do you think of Charmian

Brown?"

"I think of her as little as I can"

"Indeed, sir!"

"Indeed," said I

"And why, pray?"

"Because," said I, knocking the ashes from my pipe, "because the

more I think about her the more incomprehensible she becomes"

"Have you known many women?"

"Very few," I confessed, "but--"