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But Harley was forced to admit that if she was of the bold and boisterous type , she was a favorable specimen within those unfavorable limits . While she was familiar , in a measure , with these men , yet she was able to keep them at the proper distance , and no one presumed , in any respect . She radiated purity and innocence , and it was to ignorance only that Harley now charged her faults . They reached Chicago the next morning , and at noon Hobart knocked at the door of Harley 's room at the hotel . `` There is some idle time this afternoon , '' said Hobart , `` and Tremaine and I have asked Miss Morgan to go driving . She has accepted , but it takes four to make a party , and you are the lucky fourth . '' He allowed no protestations , and , after all , Harley , who had been under much strain for some time , was not averse to an hour or two in the fresh air .