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transient

interview

at an inn

was

impossible;

and

finding

that I was

not

pressed

for time

and was

merely

making a

tour of

observation,

he

insisted

that I

should

give him a

day or two

at his

father’s

country

seat, to

which he

was going

to pass

the

holidays

and which

lay at a

few miles

distance.

“It is

better

than

eating a

solitary

Christmas

dinner at

an inn,”

said he,

“and I can

assure you

of a

hearty

welcome in

something