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She wanted to be with Ross, to keep his company, to encourage his enjoyment, to have his admiration. But she couldn't break down the wall that his anger and resentment had set up. It was not resentment against her, but it kept her outside. Even his concern for the success of his copper company-overriding that winter-had been forgotten.

"I've looked for this introduction for years. I've heard such tales about you!"
"My lady," he said, "believe only the most circumstantial-or those that are witty."

“No one deplores that more than I," said Ross, reluctantly finding common cause with the man whom he disliked only for breaking into his private thoughts.