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I know they are going to put me between the wrong sisters , '' he complained , `` or next to one of those old ladies-in-waiting , or whatever they are . '' `` How are you going to begin ? '' said Miss Morris . `` Will you tell her you have followed her from London -- or from New York , rather -- that you are young Lochinvar , who came out of the West , and -- '' `` I do n't know , '' said Carlton , meditatively , `` just how I shall begin ; but I know the curtain is going to rise promptly at eight o'clock -- about the time the soup comes on , I think . I do n't see how she can help but be impressed a little bit . It is n't every day a man hurries around the globe on account of a girl 's photograph ; and she IS beautiful , is n't she ? '' Miss Morris nodded her head encouragingly .