Chapter 28 AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF INTRODUCTION.

The front door of Dr. Brandegee's library had hardly closed behind that earliest flock of his autumn birds, before the door by which he had entered swung open, and a fine-looking, middle-aged matron stood in it, remarking,-

"My dear, there are more than a dozen waiting in the parlor. Have you not spent a great deal of time on those four?"

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