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She knew perfectly hat she was going to do She was not going to

ood She had simply toSir Peter As for the

separation, that was not to be taken seriously for a an carelessly "I heard fro"

"Indeed? Good news, I hope?"

"Very good news Except that she's disappointedto

Thorneytoft after all"

"I didn't know she was expected"

"Well, I wanted her to run down and entertain et away"

"It would be rather a sacrifice for her to leave town just at the

beginning of the season"

"That's it She has such hosts of engage out

so of five theatres in one week"

Miss Batchelor raised her eyebrows

"She er than she was at Thorneytoft"

"She's never been so well in her life Thorneytoft didn't agree with her

at all She's been a different woainst any suspicion of an attraction in the neighborhood) "Nevill was

never well there either"

"I never thought it would suit Mr Tyson"

"No; it wasn't the life for hio in him to

settle down anywhere in the country Look how he's roamed about the

world" (Noas her opportunity) "You know, Miss Batchelor, there's