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The Pool in the Desert

CHAPTER 2
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I left the pi dog barking in the veranda, and I met Mr.Rosario coming up, but in my unusual elation I hardly paused to consider either of them further.
The mare and her groom were waiting on the Mall, and it was only when I got on her back that the consciousness visited me of something forgotten.

It was my mission--to propose to take Armour, if he were 'possible,' to call upon the Harrises.

Oh, well, he was possible enough; I supposed he possessed a coat, though he hadn't been wearing it; and I could arrange it by letter.

Meanwhile, as was only fair, I turned the mare in the direction of the drawing-room where I had reason to believe that Miss Dora Harris was quenching her impatience in tea..


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