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hand, but I believe Miss Regan came to Java eight months ago?"
"You are asking me for information now."
"No; the exact date is of no importance. She was with a party of English—army people, I believe, who had just been to India. Most respectable people too—you understand, there was not even talk of a scandal about her."
Hereford put his hand briskly toward a bell.
Annis checked him.
"I understand—not even mention of the word scandal with that implication in connection with Miss Regan's name. Quite right, too, Mr. Hereford, since I understand she has always avoided scandal of that sort at least. They all went together to visit the Soesoehoenan. It seemed one of the men in
