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I invited Miss Martin , '' she added . Louise Martin was a fair , fresh-looking girl , who had come from a country town several years before , and after a course in a business college had found a position as stenographer in a real estate office . Her gentle , refined manners had attracted Norah , who , persisting in the effort to make friends with her , had at length broken through the distant reserve with which she met all advances . The girl hesitated over the invitation , saying she did not often go anywhere ; but Norah 's friendly manner won the day , and promptly at half past six on Friday evening Susanna ushered her into the shop . Norah met her and presented her to Marion . `` And now you are to come upstairs to take off your things , for that always seems the sociable way to begin , '' she said . Miss Martin looked about her in surprise .