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Who , for instance , could conceive that persons so utterly different in every way as Lady Longden and her daughter , Miss Holmes , could be mother and child ? Our bodies , no doubt , we do inherit from our ancestors , but not our individualities . These come from far away . A good many of the guests went at the same time , having long distances to drive on that cold frosty night , although it was only just ten o'clock . For as was usual at that period even in fashionable houses , we had dined at seven . After Lord Ragnall had seen his guests to the door in the old-fashioned manner , he returned and asked me if I played cards , or whether I preferred music . I was assuring him that I hated the sight of a card when Mr. Savage appeared in his silent way and respectfully inquired of his lordship whether any gentleman was staying in the house whose Christian name was _ Here-come-a-zany _ .