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"Oh, no, no," said Nell, as brightly as she could

"And can I help you change, miss? I'm your

"It is all very nice," she said, "and I shall only be a few o over the house," she asked, rather ti that bell, miss, I will coo round with her," said Burden

Nell, after the ardently desired "wash and change," sat down by the

and looked onto the grirass

were burned brown, and tried to convince herself that she really was

Nell of Shorne Mills; that she really was housekeeper to Lady Wolfer;

that this really was life, and not a fantastic dream But it was

difficult to do so Back her mind would travel to Shorne Mills and

to--to Drake

What had he done and said when he had got her letter? Ah, well, he would

understand; yes, he would understand, and would take it as final He

would go away, to Lady Luce They would be married She would not think

Providence had sent her work--work to divert her mind and save her from