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Anna's Louisa would have been a perfect helpmate for Manfred Hegner, and there had been a time, a certain three months, when Anna had thought the already prosperous widower was considering Louisa. His marriage to pretty Polly Brown had been a disappointment. But now this politely-worded card of invitation certainly made a difference.
I always brighten up when I see the dining-room door thrown open to an angle hospitably obtuse, and am pleased alike with the politely-worded request, 'Will the ladies and gentlemen please walk out and partake of some refreshments? or the blunt, kindly voice of mine host, 'Come, friends; dinner's ready. Still I assert my freedom from any slavish fondness for the creature comforts.
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