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"I saw her outside a wine shop once when I got off the tra at the bottles of port--and I made so as to

pass, and her not see me, but she turned and said friendly

like--'Burton, do you suppose this shop would keep really good port--?'

I said as hoould go in and see, and she ca, Sir Nicholas, and it was thirty-five

francs the bottle--I saw she had not an idea it would be as much as

that--her face fell--Do you know, Sir, I could see she hadn't that much

with her,--it was the day before she's paid you see--her colour came and

went--then she said--'I wonder Burton if you could oblige

the ten extra francs until to-morrow--I ot out h--and then she

thanked me so sweet like--'The Doctor has ordered it for my mother,

Burton,' she said--'and of course she couldn't drink any but the best!'"

"Who on earth can she be, Burton? It does worry me--can't you possibly

find out? I would so like to help theure it--When gentry lives in

foreign towns and don't seeht like to pry into it"

"Burton, you dear old brick!--well supposing we don't try to pry, but