A Fair Fraud — page 65: what you’re looking at

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54 A Fair Fraud stay-at-home English people can form no con- ception. Mrs Lane has apparently moved in very high circles,’ ‘Apparently,’ added Marion a little drily. And then, with an impulse of self-reproach, she added quickly, ‘She must have been an ex- tremely lovely woman when she was as young as her daughter.’ For some moments nothing more was said, and Marion went on silently with her task. A few minutes later a man-servant came in with a note which a groom had just brought to the house. ‘Dear, dear, this is very annoying !’ exclaimed Mrs Drury. ‘Has your master returned from Churston yet, James?’ ‘No, ma’am.’ ‘Then I must consult Captain Drury. Marion, dear, would you run down to the lake—’ | ‘Shall I go, ma’am ?’ suggested the servant. ‘No—I had sooner Miss Blake went. Go and tell Mr Havering’s groom there is no answer. The footman left the room, and Mrs Drury continued, ‘Run and put on your hat and jacket, my dear, and see if you can find your cousin on the ice and tell him that Mr Havering has sent to say his wife has such a bad cold she cannot come to dinner to- night, and what had I better do? Will his GOMMGIOO oO C' Q)