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A few minutes later, the visit ended... Ariella and her husband seemed interested in the house but they had a problem with their bank account so they plan to buy it in a week or two. The young woman felt relieved to hear such news... At least she still had time to come back on Tuesday or Thursday night of the next week...

- And you, Miss Aubrey? Don't you want to buy this lovely house?

I own it. She would have liked to answer, but she simply said:

- No. I don't think so... It would be far too big a house for me alone.

- And besides, I'm sure she can't afford it... Ariella retorted.

Her husband scolded her gently and she said softly in explanation...

- Look at her darling, she doesn't even look like she has a silver buckle... I have an eye for tramps!

Rose said nothing of this. After all, she had paid for this visit just like all of them here. Whether she wanted to buy this house or not was her problem. The estate agent left them almost five minutes later. The car that had narrowly mis