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CHAPTER XXVII CONCLUSION OF THE QUIET AFTERNOON
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One must give the answer, yes; one must give the answer, no." "Oh, THANK you!" said Miss Cosslit, blushing.
"She's one of my great enthusiasms, you know." "And I have a question, too," urged Mrs.Lora Rewbush, after a moment's hasty concentration.

"'I've never been able to settle it for myself, but NOW----" "Yes ?" said Mr.Kinosling encouragingly.
"Is--ah--is--oh, yes: Is Sanskrit a more difficult language than Spanish, Mr.Kinosling ?" "It depends upon the student," replied the oracle smiling.

"One must not look for linguists everywhere.

In my own especial case--if one may cite one's self as an example--I found no great, no insurmountable difficulty in mastering, in conquering either." "And may _I_ ask one ?" ventured Mrs.Bassett.

"Do you think it is right to wear egrets ?" "There are marks of quality, of caste, of social distinction," Mr.
Kinosling began, "which must be permitted, allowed, though perhaps regulated.


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