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Upon arriving to discuss the job, the narrator was surprised to find that the merry good girl was accompanied by a stranger, a woman named Dar. Initially unaware of Dar's actual identity, the narrator felt a sense of unease about this unfamiliar presence. It was revealed later that Dar was actually the wife of a close associate—Land. The narrator's discovery of this connection ushered in a period of introspection and sleepless nights, as the reality of the situation set in.