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Ten ROSE HUMBLEBY
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Ten ROSE HUMBLEBY
A soft sound behind him made him turn sharply. A girl was standingthere, a remarkably1 pretty girl with brown hair curling round her earsand rather timid-looking dark-blue eyes. She flushed a little with embar-rassment before she spoke4.
“Mr. Fitzwilliam, isn’t it?” she said.
“Yes. I—”
“I’m Rose Humbleby. Bridget told me that—that you knew some peoplewho knew my father.”
Luke had the grace to flush slightly under his tan.
“It was a long time ago,” he said rather lamely6. “They—er—knew him asa young man—before he married.”
“Oh, I see.”
Rose Humbleby looked a little crestfallen7. But she went on:
“You’re writing a book, aren’t you?”
“Yes. I’m making notes for one, that is. About local superstitions8. All thatsort of thing.”
“I see. It sounds frightfully interesting.”
“It will probably be as dull as ditch water,” Luke assured her.
“Oh, no, I’m sure it won’t.”
Luke smiled at her.
He thought:
“Our Dr. Thomas is in luck!”
“There are people,” he said, “who can make the most exciting subjectunbearably boring. I’m afraid I’m one of them.”
“Oh, but why should you be?”
“I don’t know. But the conviction is growing upon me.”
Rose Humbleby said:
“You might be one of the people who make dull subjects sound fright-fully9 exciting!”
“Now that is a nice thought,” said Luke. “Thank you for it.”
Rose Humbleby smiled back. Then she said:
“Do you believe in—in superstitions and all that?”
“That’s a difficult question. It doesn’t follow, you know. One can be in-terested in things one doesn’t believe in.”
“Yes, I suppose so,” the girl sounded doubtful.
“Are you
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