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 "Not at my suggestion."

He observed her a moment, searching the blue eyes—a not unpleasant process—for signs of relenting. He found none and turned to the paper.

"Before I begin," he announced, briskly, "I should like to say that there is one name which I have been—that is, which I have mentally applied to you since I had the pleasure of meeting you a week or two ago"

"Four days," corrected the girl dryly.

"Which, while it may not be the title with which you were christened, suits you admirably."

"And that is?" she asked, with elaborate indifference.

"That you must guess for yourself," he answered, maliciously. "Unless, that is to say, unless you