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"Thank you. I have already learned all that is in the public prints, nothing more. I presume that I may take it as correct -this article, for example, as to the disappearance of the bride."
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Lord St. Simon glanced over it. "Yes, it is correct, as far as it goes."
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"But it needs a great deal of supplementing before anyone could offer an opinion. I think that I may arrive at my facts most directly by questioning you."
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"Pray do so."
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"When did you first meet Miss Hatty Doran?"
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"In San Francisco, a year ago."
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"You were travelling in the States?"
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"Yes."
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"Did you become engaged then?"
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"No."
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"But you were on a friendly footing?"
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"I was amused by her society, and she could see that I was amused.
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