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"Her father is very rich?"
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"He is said to be the richest man on the Pacific slope."
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"And how did he make his money?"
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"In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold, invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds."
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"Now, what is your own impression as to the young lady's -your wife's character?"
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The nobleman swung his glasses a little faster and stared down into the fire. "You see, Mr. Holmes," said he, "my wife was twenty before her father became a rich man. During that time she ran free in a mining camp and wandered through woods or mountains, so that her education has come from Nature rather than from the schoolmaster. She is what we call in England a tomboy, with a strong nature, wild and free, unfettered by any sort of traditions. She is impetuous -- volcanic, I was about to say. She is swift in making up her mind and fearless in cartying out her resolutions.
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