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`` I think I would , '' said Miss Maitland . `` Then I will give you a letter to Mr. James Wintermuth , one of my oldest and closest friends and the head of the Guardian Fire Insurance Company of New York . And some morning , if you find time hanging heavy on your hands , you can go down to William Street . And if you do n't arrive before ten o'clock , I think Mr. Wintermuth will be pleased to show you something real -- and something which has not a purple shadow in its possession . '' `` Then you really think it would be a good thing for me to go to New York ? '' his niece asked . `` Decidedly .