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Before he could finish the all-important sentence, Wolfer and one or two

other one?" exclaileford! What a lovely country it is! Ispulled up on the brink

"After dinner," he whispered, bending still lower, and he went upstairs

with the other h, ith them, paused at the

landing, ain Lady Luce

had picked up her book and risen, and she lifted her head and looked at

her father with an unmistakable expression on her face

He raised his heavy eyebrows and stretched his rin of

satisfaction

"No!" he said, in a thick whisper "Really?"

She nodded, and flashed a smile of exultant triumph round the hall

"Yes He had nearly spoken when you came in! My luck, of course! Another

yurl!" he murmured "You yurl!"

She glanced at Lady Angleford warningly, and going up to her, took her