"You ought to be well informed, though," the woman's voice continued. "You're a distantcousin, aren't you?""'Distant' is the word! About forty-fourth cousin, four times removed," the man laughedwith frank bitterness. (No wonder, as he'd unsuccessfully claimed the right to our familyestate, to hitch on to his silly old, dug-up title!) Not only did I know, now, of whom theywere talking, but I knew one of those who talked: a red-headed giant of a man I'd seen tonight for the first time, though he had annoyed Grandmother and me ...
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"You ought to be well informed, though," the woman's voice continued. "You're a distantcousin, aren't you?""'Distant' is the word! About forty-fourth cousin, four times removed," the man laughedwith frank bitterness. (No wonder, as he'd unsuccessfully claimed the right to our familyestate, to hitch on to his silly old, dug-up title!) Not only did I know, now, of whom theywere talking, but I knew one of those who talked: a red-headed giant of a man I'd seen tonight for the first time, though he had annoyed Grandmother and me from a distance, foryears. In fact, we'd left home and taken up the Red Cross industry in Rome, because of him.Indirectly it was his fault that I was married, since, if it hadn't been for him, I shouldn't havecome to Italy or met Prince di Miramare. I did not stop, however, to think of all this. It justflashed through my subconscious mind, while I asked myself, "What has happened toPaolo? Has he been killed, or only wounded? And what do the brutes mean by a 'doubleblow'?"
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