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\n# a story by\n\nCdith Wharton  \nRockville,Maryland  \n2008  \nAfierzuard by Edith Wharton,in its current format,copyright OAre Manor2008.This book,in whole or in part,may not be copied or reproduced in itscurrent format by any means,electronic,mechanical or otherwise without thepermission of the publisher.  \nThe original text has been reformatted for clarity and to fit this edition.  \nArc Manor,Arc Manor Classic Reprints,Manor Classics,TARK Classic Fiction,The and the Are Manor logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ArcManor Publishers,Rockille,Maryland.All other trademarks are properties oftheir respective owners.  \nThis book is presented as is,without any warranties (implied or otherwise)as tothe accuracy of the production,text or translation.The publisher does not takeresponsbility for any typesetting,formatting,translation or other erors whichmay have ocured during the production of this book  \nISBN:978-1-60450-031-8  \nPublished byTARK Classic FictionAn Imprint of Arc ManorPO.Box 10339Rockville,MD 20849-0339www.ArcManor.com  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nA  \nI  \n⑨  \nh,there Is one,of course,but you'll neverknow it.”  \nThe assertion,laughingly flung out sixmonths earlier in a bright June garden,cameback to Mary Boyne with a sharp perception ofits latent significance as she stood,in the Decem-ber dusk,waiting for the lamps to be brought intothe library.  \nThe words had been spoken by their friend AlidaStair,as they sat at tea on her lawn at Pangbourne,in reference to the very house of which the libraryin question was the central,the pivotal “feature.”Mary Boyne and her husband,in quest of a coun-try place in one of the southern or southwesterncounties,had,on their arrivalin England,carriedtheir problem straight to Alida Stair,who had suc-cessfully solved it in her own case;but it was notuntil they had rejected,almost capriciously,sev-eral practical and judicious suggestions that shethrew it out:\"Well,there's Lyng,in Dorsetshire.  \nCdith Wharton  \nIt belongs to Hugo's cousins,and you can get it fora song.”  \nThe reasons she gave for its being obtainable onthese terms-its remoteness from a station,itslack of electric light,hot-water pipes,and othervulgar necessities-were exactly those pleading inits favor with two romantic Americans perverselyin search of the economic drawbacks which wereassociated,in their tradition,with unusual archi-tectural felicities.  \n\"I should never believe I was living in an old houseunless I was thoroughly uncomfortable,\"NedBoyne,the more extravagant of the two,had jo-cosely insisted;“the least hint of 'convenience'would make me think it had been bought out ofan exhibition,with the pieces numbered,and setup again.\"And they had proceeded to enumerate,with humorous precision,their various suspicionsand exactions,refusing to believe that the housetheir cousin recommended was REALLY Tudor tillthey learned it had no heating system,or that thevillage church was literally in the grounds till sheassured them of the deplorable uncertainty of thewater-supply.  \n“It's too uncomfortable to be true!”Edward Boynehad continued to exult as the avowal of each dis-advantage was successively wrung from her;buthe had cut short his rhapsody to ask,with a sud-den relapse to distrust:“And the ghost?You’vebeen concealing from us the fact that there is noghost!”  \n8","cbCailOgMtXMGovl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailOgMtXMGovl","pdf",2509208,68,"English","# Forward / Preface\n## Publication and copyright notice\n## Reformatting for this edition","[{\"question\":\"Who speaks the key line that returns to Mary Boyne in the December dusk?\",\"answer\":\"Alida Stair says the line earlier in a June garden, and it comes back to Mary Boyne when she waits in the library in December dusk.\"},{\"question\":\"What “feature” is central to the library and the house being discussed?\",\"answer\":\"The friend’s “feature” refers to the house itself as the pivotal attraction; the story 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