Her face was serene and undisturbed . `` Can you milk ? '' she asked . `` Unlikely as it may seem , I can , '' said Murray . `` I have never confessed it to Mrs. Emory , because I was afraid she would inveigle me into milking her fourteen cows . But I do n't mind helping you . I learned to milk when I was a shaver on my vacations at a grandfatherly farm . May I have that extra pail ? '' Murray captured a milking stool and rounded up another Jersey . Before sitting down he seemed struck with an idea . `` My name is Arnold Murray . I board at Sweetbriar Cottage , next farm to Orchard Knob . That makes us near neighbours . '' `` I suppose it does , '' said Mollie . Murray mentally decided that her voice was the sweetest he had ever heard . He was glad he had arranged his cow at such an angle that he could study her profile . It was amazing that Mrs. Palmer 's niece should have such a profile . It looked as if centuries of fine breeding were responsible for it . `` What a morning ! '' he said enthusiastically .
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