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Meanwhile Melbury had entered the house with the look of a man who sees

a vision before hi off his

hat he sat down at rando is as I expected The

spell, that I foresaw ht be worked, has worked She's done it, and

done it well Where is she--Grace, I mean?"

"Up in her room--what has happened!"

Mr Melbury explained the circumstances as coherently as he could "I

told you so," he said "A , even

in a place like this But where is Grace? Let's have her down

Here--Gra-a-ace!"

She appeared after a reasonable interval, for she was sufficiently

spoiled by this father of hers not to put herself in a hurry, however

impatient his tones "What is it, father?" said she, with a s? Not ho yourself to your father's rank,

h accustomed to show herself instantly appreciative of her

father's s, Grace was fairly unable to look anyhow but at a loss