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monopoly. It came to pass that quite often Stoker himself was in a position to afford transportation to and from the house to these visitors of hers, so frequent were his Busines-calls there, and thus he'd soon possessed himself of the details of her peculiar philanthropy. ("Can youimagine? "Anastasia asked us, as incredulously as if the event had only just occurred. "He thought I was letting them make love to me becauseI liked it! I mean just for my own sake! He actually thought I waspromiscuous -- he still pretends to think so!" I shook my head at this presumption, and Max covered his eyes.) Not long afterwards, eavesdropping at the study door, she'd learned something of the nature of what Businesswas between her guardian and the visitor with the curly beard: the new chancellor, it seemed, had been elected by a narrow margin, and so was particularly interested in arapprochement with Reginald Hector (who whatever his limitations as a political administrator, was still revered in New Tammany collefor his role in Campus
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