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"'Who lives there, anyway? he said, glowering at the porte-cochère, chin forward, hands in pockets. "'Nobody, says Rangon, as much as to say 'look at it! 'M'sieu then meditates taking it?... "Then I struck in, quite out of temper by this time. "'How much would the rent be? I asked, as if I really thought of taking the place just to get back at him.
"By the light of the candle which the younger lady took from a bracket just within the door we saw that we were in a handsome hall or vestibule; and my wonder that Rangon had made no mention of what was apparently a considerable establishment was increased by the fact that its tenants must be known to be English and could be seen to be entirely charming.
"I must admit that I found it a little annoying, after what we'd been talking about at dinner an hour before, that Rangon wasn't with us. I still couldn't understand how he could have neighbours so charming without knowing about them, but I didn't care to insist on this to the old lady, who for all I knew might have her own reasons for keeping to herself.
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