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When William Came

CHAPTER I: THE SINGING-BIRD AND THE BAROMETER
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The name Gorla is almost an advertisement in itself, and then there's the fact that she's the daughter of a peer." "She has temperament," said Cicely, with the decision of one who makes a vague statement in a good cause.
"So Laurent says," observed Tony.

"He discovers temperament in every one that he intends to boom.

He told me that I had temperament to the finger- tips, and I was too polite to contradict him.

But I haven't told you the really important thing about the Mustelford debut.

It is a profound secret, more or less, so you must promise not to breathe a word about it till half-past four, when it will appear in all the six o'clock newspapers." Tony paused for dramatic effect, while he drained his goblet, and then made his announcement.
"Majesty is going to be present.


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