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 "Have you had any breakfast?"

"What is your mutual mystery?"

"If you are hungry, Mrs. Gill will give you something to eat here. Step into the oak-parlour, and ring the bell—you will be served as if at an inn; or, if you like better, go back to the Hollow."

"The alternative is not open to me: I must go back. Good-morning: the first leisure I have, I will see you again."