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Really -- you 're turning into a perfect duenna . I wish you would behave naturally , as you always used to do . '' `` I think you exaggerate , '' said Mrs. Bowring . `` I never leave you alone with men you hardly know -- '' `` You ca n't exactly say that we hardly know Mr. Johnstone , when he has been with us , morning , noon , and night , for nearly a week , mother . '' `` My dear , we know nothing about him -- '' `` If you are so anxious to know his father 's Christian name , ask him . It would n't seem at all odd . I will , if you like . ''