`` It is a very pretty hat . '' `` Pretty ! '' The Girl looked the scorn her voice expressed . `` Anyone can have a pretty hat . Our cook has one . This is a creation . '' `` Of course , '' said the Young Man humbly . `` I ought to have known . But I am very stupid . '' `` Well , I suppose a mere man could n't be expected to understand exactly , '' said the Girl graciously . She smiled at him in a friendly fashion , and he smiled back . The Girl thought that she had never seen such lovely brown eyes before . He could not be a Haligonian . She was sure she knew all the nice young men with brown eyes in Halifax . `` Please sit down , '' she said plaintively . `` I 'm tired . '' The Young Man smiled again at the idea of his sitting down because the Girl was tired . But he sat down , and so did she , on the only dry seat to be found . `` Goodness knows how long this rain will last , '' said the Girl , making herself comfortable and picturesque , `` but I shall stay here until it clears up , if it rains for a week . I will not have my hat spoiled .
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