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Her own words, her answer, fell like drops of hail.

“The joke is on you, Dr. Anderson. My father was a gambler who deserted my mother, a white immigrant. It is even uncertain that they were married. As I said at first, I don‘t belong here. I shall be leaving at once. This afternoon. Good-morning.”

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