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254 "Please, miss," said Mrs. Doveton, "might I have a word with you? . . . No, don't go, Miss Jane. I want to have"

"Not words with us?" said Jane.

"No, miss, far from it; but I do want to speak plainly."

"Oh dear," said Jane, "whatever has gone wrong now?"

"It's that Gladys," said Mrs. Doveton; "so now you know."