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that I had seen her go in, and was determined 

 to let me know what she thought of such despic- 

 able espionage. As a matter of fact, I was busy 

 just then with a rarer bird, and might have 

 passed her pretty house unnoticed had she held 

 her peace. But the verdin is a nervously loqua- 

 cious body, and perhaps would rather talk than 

 keep a secret. Such cases have been heard of. 

 Whatever else we may say of her, she is an archi- 

 tect of something like genius. 



