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"Who is Lady Lucille?" she asked

He looked just a shade embarrassed for a moment, but only for a moment

"Oh, she's the crack fashionable rider," he said casually

"I feel very rateful for

your lesson I hope you won't discontinue them because I show soravity Noas the ti to leave Shorne Mills

"You won't want many more," he said; "but I hope you will letpresently"

"Must you?" she said

Girls learn the art oftheir voices much earlier than the

opposite sex can, and her voice sounded indifferent enough, or just

properly regretful

He nodded

"Yes, I must leave Shorne Mills, worse luck"

"If it is so unlucky, why do you go? But why is it so unlucky?" she

asked; and still her tone sounded indifferent

"It's bad luck because--well, because I have been very happy here," he

said, checking his horse into a walk

She glanced at him as she paced beside him