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Lady Luce went and leaned upon almost the very spot where Nell had

leaned; and she looked up at the sky and toward the twinkling lights,

and yawned

"Sorry you have coh "I

know you so well that that yawn speaks volumes"

"It is rather slow, isn't it?" admitted Lady Luce, with the soft little

London drawl in her languid voice

"My dear Luce, I told you it would be slow What did you expect? These

dear, good people are quite out of the world--they are antediluvians

The best people iives

the sort of hop you care for I'm sorry you came; but I did warn you,

dear, didn't I?"

"Yes, I know," assented Lady Luce

"And, really, you seeive ht that perhaps, after all, this rustic

entertainht amuse you"

"I'm not bored, but I'm very sick and sorry for myself," said Luce "One