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You 've almost taught us to forget what you look like . '' In defense Russell waved a hand toward her husband . `` You see , he 's begun to keep me so hard at work -- '' But Mr. Palmer declined the responsibility . `` Up to four or five in the afternoon , perhaps , '' he said . `` After that , the young gentleman is as much a stranger to me as he is to my family . I 've been wondering who she could be . '' `` When a man 's preoccupied there must be a lady then ? ''