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- tance—annoys you is sufficient. I will
retire at once.'"
"Well?" she asked, as he finished. He seated himself again on the hummock.
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"That is what I ought to say," he
answered, calmly. "What I do say is
this: let us compromise. I will retire
to the next available seat, which appears
to be some ten feet farther up
the bank,—and, since it is in shade,
must be very damp,—or I will remain
where I am and half turn my back to
you. You see, I shouldn't like to be
guilty of the impropriety of turning
my back entirely on a lady."
"But I'd know you were there just the same," she objected, laughingly. Her laughter was so infrequent that Miles felt flushed with victory whenever he summoned it.
"Then I will go farther away," he
