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96 dearest Mrs. Courtenaye; I say to you what I would not say to any one else for the world!" So saying, she hurried off, impatient to say precisely the same thing to some fifty or more dearest friends. Just as she left the room, but in time to receive the warmest reception, and a "How charming, my love, you look to-day!" Lady Marchmont made her appearance. "Ah!" exclaimed she, "I should know that Lady Dudley had been your visitor, you look so weary. There, I will be very good, and allow you five minutes to recover yourself." "I am not very well to-day," said Constance, rising to receive her; "I have a headach." What would women do, if headachs were abolished? They are the universal feminine resource.