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`` And all that sort of thing , '' she said sweepingly , and he could almost see the inclusive gesture with her free hand . He laughed but still marvelled at the shrewdness of her perceptions . `` I 'll come over this afternoon and show you wherein you are wrong , '' he began , but she interrupted him with a laugh . `` I am starting for the city before noon , by motor , to be gone at least a fortnight . '' `` What ! This is the first I 've heard of it . '' Again she laughed .