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`` Sure ! '' said the Honorable David heartily , adding : `` You can always outfigure me , two to one , when it comes to the real thing . You 've made a fine art of it , Honoria , and I 'll turn the steering-wheel over to you any day in the week . '' When she looked up she was smiling in the way which had made Evan Blount wonder , in that midnight meeting at Wartrace Hall , how she could look so young and yet be so wise . `` You deal with people in the mass , David , and no one living can do it better . I am like most women , I think : I deal with the individual . That is all the difference .