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she laughed . `` I wonder whether you will say that to Madame . '' `` Has Madame arrived ? '' `` She came this morning , just before noon . But , '' she added , `` look , here she comes . '' I glanced in the direction she indicated , and saw approaching us the short , queer figure of a little old woman in stiff dark-green silk skirts of the style a decade ago . `` Madame , here is M'sieur Ewart ! ''