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 and my sister," said Bliss. "Miss Hollingsworth is a ripper, don't you think?"

"I am pleased to make your acquaintance," said Hart to each of the young ladies.

Miss Hollingsworth had extended her hand and he had bowed over it not ungracefully. Her brother, whom Hart remembered as one of the heelers of the Glee Club whom he had seen in Omaha, hardly nodded, but Elliott and Minton greeted him in a familiar and friendly way. Danforth, to whom Hart was also introduced, used the latter's own phrase in recognition.

"Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. Hart," he said, and he spoke tactfully of having desired for some time to meet him.

Despite all this Hart was not altogether at his ease as he followed the others up the worn, narrow stairway. On the second floor, Bliss threw open the doors and ushered the party into his room. It was a typical college interior. There were already some people there, and an odor of brewing tea. There were photographs in profusion, and orange and black bedecked every corner.

On a window seat sat Tommy Wilson in a