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I saw that Carlotta was studying me curiously , -- even resentfully , I thought ; and she was coldly polite when I said good night . She and her mother called on my mother the next morning . `` And what a nice girl Miss Ramsay is , -- so sensible , so intelligent , and so friendly ! '' said my mother , relating the incidents of the visit in minute detail when I went home at noon . `` I did n't find her especially friendly , '' said I. Whereat I saw , or fancied I saw , a smile deep down in her eyes , -- and it set me to thinking . In the afternoon Ed looked in at my office in the court-house to say good-by . `` But first , old man , I want to tell you I got that place for you .