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action had affected her intuitive sharpness, perceive things which were,

I suspect, moderately plain For I am inclined to believe that the woman

whom chance had put in command of Flora de Barral's destiny took no very

subtle pains to conceal her ga a co once for all established her ascendancy

over de Barral She had taken all her ainst outside

observation of her conduct; and I could not help shastly nuisance the serious, innocent Fynes must have been to

her How exasperated she hton as completely unforeseen as a bolt from the blue--if not so

prompt How she must have hated them!

But I conclude she would have carried out whatever plan she ine de Barral accustoh arrogance, or shyness, or si outside the social pale, knowing

no one but so cronies; I can picture hi the care of aon hie of habits and the

necessity of another kind of existence which he would not even have known

how to begin It is evident to me that Mrs What's her name would have

had her atrocious ith very little trouble even if the excellent

Fynes had been able to do so She would simply have bullied de

Barral in a lofty style There's nothing ance has once been broken in some particular

instance