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The Boyers she had known, but didn't know the Pembles, though she had heard of them, and it was the people he was with who had made them acquainted. THE BOYERS SHE HAD KNOWN BUT DIDN'T KNOW THE PEMBLES THOUGH SHE HAD HEARD OF THEM AND IT WAS THE PEOPLE HE WAS WITH WHO HAD MADE THEM ACQUAINTED
nfessed to disappointment--she had been so sure he didn't; and to prove how well he did he began to pour forth the particular recollections that popped up as he called for them. Her face and her voice, all at his service now, worked the miracle--the impression operating like the torch of a lamplighter who touches into flame, one by one, a long row of gas-jets. Marcher flattered himself the illumination was brilliant, yet he was really still more pleased on her showing him, with amusement, that in his haste to make everything right he had got most things rather wrong. It hadn't been at Rome--it had been at Naples; and it hadn't been eight years before--it had been more nearly ten. She hadn't been, either, with her uncle and aunt, but with her mother and brother; in addition to which it was not with the Pembles _he_ had been, but with the Boyers, coming down in their company from Rome--a point on which she insisted, a little to his confusion, and as to which she had her evidence in hand. EMEMBER ALL ABOUT IT SHE CONFESSED TO DISAPPOINTMENT SHE HAD BEEN SO SURE HE DIDN'T AND TO PROVE HOW WELL HE DID HE BEGAN TO POUR FORTH THE PARTICULAR RECOLLECTIONS THAT POPPED UP AS HE CALLED FOR THEM HER FACE AND HER VOICE ALL AT HIS SERVICE NOW WORKED THE MIRACLE THE IMPRESSION OPERATING LIKE THE TORCH OF A LAMP LIGHTER WHO TOUCHES INTO FLAME ONE BY ONE A LONG ROW OF GAS JETS MARCHER FLATTERED HIMSELF THE ILLUMINATION WAS BRILLIANT YET HE WAS REALLY STILL MORE PLEASED ON HER SHOWING HIM WITH AMUSEMENT THAN IN HIS HASTE TO MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT HE HAD GOT MOST THINGS RATHER WRONG IT HADN'T BEEN AT ROME IT HAD BEEN AT NAPLES AND IT HADN'T BEEN EIGHT YEARS BEFORE IT HAD BEEN MORE NEARLY TEN SHE HADN'T BEEN EITHER WITH HER UNCLE AND AUNT BUT WITH HER MOTHER AND BROTHER IN ADDITION TO WHICH IT WAS NOT WITH THE PEMBBLES HE HAD BEEN BUT WITH THE BOYERS COMING DOWN IN THEIR COMPANY FROM ROME A POINT ON WHICH SHE INSISTED A LITTLE TO HIS CONFUSION AND AS TO WHICH SHE HAD HER EVIDENCE IN HAND
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