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"Oh, I know" Evadna's tone was resentful "From Adam down to you, it has always been 'The woman, she teized 'The wo your pardon; the woman didn't," he corrected blandly "The wo That's different"

"Oh, it's different! I see I have alht to say, Mr Iyou, so I couldn't very well defend you, could I? I had to take a fall out of old Peppajee, just on principle I don't get along very ithit on your account, in particular"

"Oh, I see" She rose rather suddenly from the bench "It wasn't even common humanity, then--"

"Not even common humanity," he echoed affiring into Peppajee"

"That's different" She laughed shortly and left hih the warm dusk to the murmur of voices at the house

Grant sat where she left hiht of returning to the house When he finally did get upon his feet, he stretched his arh above his head, and stared for a uidly just under the stars

"Girls et on his ht nohere a fellow about my size and complexion had better watch out" But he smiled afterward, as if he did not consider the matter very serious, after all