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Mr.Hoddam did not seek the company of one who was young, pretty, an heiress, and presumably flippant, but he was flattered when she plainly sought him.
"Mr.Lewis Haystoun is coming here this afternoon," she had announced.
"Do you know him ?" "I have read his book," said her victim.
"Yes, but did you not know him at Oxford?
You were there with him, were you not ?" "Yes, we were there together.

I knew him by sight, of course, for he was a very well-known person.