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"Yes, she has," Noble interrupted, not aware that his remark was an interruption "Oh, yes, she has!" he said "It was six weeks day-before-yesterday afternoon I saw your father don this , and he said he didn't know that any of the faht maybe some of your relatives had a letter frouess not," said Florence "Mr Dill, there was a question I thought I'd ask you It's kind of a funny question for me----"

"Are you sure nobody's heard frouess they haven't Mr Dill, I was goin' to ask you----"

"It's strange," heI should think they'd get anxious about what ht; he says he kind of likes to have the house nice and quiet to hi," Florence assured him "Aunt Fanny saw a newspaper fro her school room-mate It had her picture in it and called her 'the famous Northern Beauty'; it was down South somewhere Well, Mr Dill, I was just sayin' I believe I'd ask you----"

But a sectional rancour see man "Oh, yes I heard about that," he said "Your Aunt Fanny lent my mother the newspaper Those people in that part of the country--well----" He paused, re that it was only Florence he addressed; and he withheld froht all over again "Your father said your grandfather hadn't heard from her for several days, and even then she hadn't said when she was co home"

"No, I expect she didn't," said Florence "Mr Dill, I was goin' to ask you somep'n--it's kind of a queer kind of question for uess----" She paused However, he did not interrupt her, seelooh, and continued, "It ht be you'd answer no; but anyway I was goin' to ask you--it's kind of a funny question for me to ask, I expect--but do you like poetry?"

"What?"

"Well, as things have turned out lately I guess it's kind of a funny question, Mr Dill, but do you like poetry?"