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My pearls," Flora Baumbach exclaimed with delight. "Wherever did you find them, Madame Hoo?
I'm so grateful."
Madame Hoo did not understand why the round little lady was smiling at her. Cautiously she peered through her fingers. Oh! The other people did not smile. They know she is bad. And Mr. Hoo, his anger is drowned in shame.
"Perhaps stealing is not considered stealing in China," Sydelle Pulaski said in a clumsy gesture of kindness.
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