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`` No , he 's English . Therefore he must be forever ` getting up ' something . We pride ourselves upon our solid deliberation , yet we are about the fussiest and most interfering race on the face of the globe . '' `` Then you do n't have anything to do with the popular midday delight ? '' `` Oh , yes . I hand them my shilling every morning when they come round , and pouch tranquilly later on what they see fit to restore to me as the result of that modest investment . '' She laughed , and as she did so Laurence looked her full in the face .