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76 knowing what else to do under the circumstances, and frightened at their own boldness.

Dido Morgan, taking little Margaret Williams by the hand, naturally headed the line, and the girls quietly marched after her, two by two, down the almost perpendicular stairs. Dido stopped before the ground-glass door on the first floor, on which was inscribed:

Her heart beat very quickly, but clasping Maggie's hand closer, she opened the door and entered.