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"
Captain
Ralph
Paton
,
"
mused
Mr
.
Porrott
.
"
And
so
he
is
engaged
to
Mr
.
Ackroyd
’
s
niece
,
the
charming
Miss
Flora
.
"
"
Who
told
you
so
?
"
I
asked
,
very
much
surprised
.
"
Mr
.
Ackroyd
.
About
a
week
ago
.
He
is
very
pleased
about
it
–
has
long
desired
that
such
a
thing
should
come
to
pass
,
or
so
I
understood
from
him
.
I
even
believe
that
he
brought
some
pressure
to
bear
upon
the
young
man
.
That
is
never
wise
.
A
young
man
should
marry
to
please
himself
–
not
to
please
a
stepfather
from
whom
he
has
expectations
.
"
My
ideas
were
completely
upset
.
I
could
not
see
Ackroyd
taking
a
hairdresser
into
his
confidence
,
and
discussing
the
marriage
of
his
niece
and
stepson
with
him
.
Ackroyd
extends
a
genial
patronage
to
the
lower
orders
,
but
he
has
a
very
great
sense
of
his
own
dignity
.
I
began
to
think
that
Porrott
couldn
’
t
be
a
hairdresser
after
all
.
To
hide
my
confusion
,
I
said
the
first
thing
that
came
into
my
head
.
"
What
made
you
notice
Ralph
Paton
?
His
good
looks
?
"
"
No
,
not
that
alone
–
though
he
is
unusually
good
-
looking
for
an
Englishman
–
what
your
lady
novelists
would
call
a
Greek
God
.
No
,
there
was
something
about
that
young
man
that
I
did
not
understand
.
"
He
said
the
last
sentence
in
a
musing
tone
of
voice
which
made
an
indefinable
impression
upon
me
.
It
was
as
though
he
was
summing
up
the
boy
by
the
light
of
some
inner
knowledge
that
I
did
not
share
.
It
was
that
impression
that
was
left
with
me
,
for
at
that
moment
my
sister
’
s
voice
called
me
from
the
house
.
I
went
in
.
Caroline
had
her
hat
on
,
and
had
evidently
just
come
in
from
the
village
.
She
began
without
preamble
.
"
I
met
Mr
.
Ackroyd
.
"
"
Yes
?
"
I
said
.
"
I
stopped
him
,
of
course
,
but
he
seemed
in
a
great
hurry
,
and
anxious
to
get
away
.
"
I
have
no
doubt
but
that
that
was
the
case
.
He
would
feel
towards
Caroline
much
as
he
had
felt
towards
Miss
Gannett
earlier
in
the
day
–
perhaps
more
so
.
Caroline
is
less
easy
to
shake
off
.
"
I
asked
him
at
once
about
Ralph
.
He
was
absolutely
astonished
.
Had
no
idea
the
boy
was
down
here
.
He
actually
said
he
thought
I
must
have
made
a
mistake
.
I
!
A
mistake
!
"
"
Ridiculous
,
"
I
said
.
"
He
ought
to
have
known
you
better
.
"
"
Then
he
went
on
to
tell
me
that
Ralph
and
Flora
are
engaged
.
"
"
I
knew
that
,
too
,
"
I
interrupted
,
with
modest
pride
.
"
Who
told
you
?
"
"
Our
new
neighbour
.
"
Caroline
visibly
wavered
for
a
second
or
two
,
much
as
if
a
roulette
ball
might
coyly
hover
between
two
numbers
.
Then
she
declined
the
tempting
red
herring
.
