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said her sister;

said Judy.

Sybil said nothing for a moment.

she said.

said Sybil quickly.

Judy glanced up at her a moment.

she said.

Sybil turned, and looked at her long and steadily.

she asked.

There was silence. Sybil went to the writing-table and wrote a telegram, while her sister took up the paper she had dropped and looked at it mechanically. Almost immediately a short paragraph struck her eye, but her mind, dwelling on other things, did not at once take in its significance.

said Sybil, as she rang the bell.

Sybil turned on her rather fiercely.

she said.