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THE EARL AT PLAY
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"Quite," replied the Professor laconically.

"I said from the first she was clever."

"And I said from the first she was beautiful, and now add that she is charming."

"Congratulations, my boy, and many of them."

Tom Pitts strode down the sands towards his boat, and heaved a sigh before he heaved the anchor.