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A Lost Leader

CHAPTER X
6/18

Uncle, really, as a matter of curiosity, before I get to be an old woman I should like to see one other young man." "Plenty on the links just now!" "I know it.

I sat out near the ninth hole all this morning.

There are some Cambridge boys who looked quite nice.

One of them was really delightful when I showed him where his ball was, but I can't consider that an introduction, can I?
Heavens, who's this ?" Behind the trim maid-servant already crossing the lawn, and within a few yards of them, came a strange, almost tragical, figure.

Her plain black clothes and hat were powdered with dust, there were deep lines under her eyes, she swayed a little when she walked, as though with fatigue.


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