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And then he said something to me--" "Go on; what ?" "He'd been hinting at it before; and even when I found him jolliest and most amusing and companionable I never thought of him as a--a social possibility--I mean among those who really count--like my own people--" "Oh! he asked you to introduce him into your own family circle ?" "Yes--I didn't understand it at first--until somehow I began to feel the pressure of it--the vague but constant importunity.

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