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Her manner was so sharp and decided that they did not dare urge her to stay. Max brought the can, and Thelda lighted her to the door. When she had departed with a curt "good-by," they felt perplexed and puzzled.

"She's very pretty," said they, "but somehow not at all what we expected."

 

"This is my present," she said.