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From the best-selling novel of 1910

"In my country we should call it real mean to laugh, at people who had been our guests and performed in our houses."

"In your country, my dear," said Myra Ingleby, "you have no duchesses."

"Well, we supply you with quite a good few," replied the American girl calmly, and went on with her ice.
The Rosary, by Florence Barclay
Tags: writer: florence barclay
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