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135 so little about. But [Indicating portrait above mantelpiece] our dear Margaret knew what she was doing, didn't she?  [Smiling.] Also I seem to remember that you thought she had entered this house with a certain hostile feeling against——  [Laughing.] I take that back, too. If she came here with any hostile feeling against you, you have utterly bewitched her.  [Laughing a little.] Tut!  My dear Robert, you don't mean to say you haven't noticed it? The girl worships you. If you had saved her from death she couldn't be more devoted to you. I do believe she would lay down her life for you, and if—— Enter  General the Lord Burnley to see you, sir. [ ''enters. He is in General's uniform. There is a strange mixture of joy and sorrow in the old man's face, voice, and manner.''  [Meeting him.] My dear Burnley!