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`` Yes , '' said Hartley , smiling . `` The fact is , we 're book agents , and looking for a place to board . '' `` Well -- a -- I -- yes , I keep boarders . '' `` I was sent here by a brakeman on the midnight express , '' put in Bert , `` Oh , Tom , '' said the woman , her face clearing . `` Tom 's always sending us people . Why , yes ; I 've got room for you , I guess -- this room here . '' She pushed open a folding door leading into what had been her parlor .