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SOME FIRST IMPRESSIONS
they had got through their preliminaries by then—"I've only two daughters and one son!"
"The young man who carried—who rescued me?"
"Yes. And the other two girls are friends, you know, visitors who are staying with me. On land one has visitors"
"I know. So I made a mistake?"
"Oh yes."
"And the other young man?"
"You don't mean Mr. Bunting."
"Who is Mr. Bunting?"
"The other gentleman who"
"No!"
"There was no one"
"But several mornings ago?"
"Could it have been Mr. Melville? . . . I know! You mean Mr. Chatteris! I remember, he came down with us one morning. A tall young man with fair—
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