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THE PATAGONIA
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'Yes, I shall go,' he said, smiling. 'I have got my telegram.'
'Oh, your telegram!' I ventured to exclaim. 'That charming girl is your telegram.'
He gave me a look, but in the dusk I could not make out very well what it conveyed. Then he bent over his mother, kissing her. 'My news isn't particularly satisfactory. I am going for you.'
'Oh, you humbug!' she rejoined. But of course she was delighted.
