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 always got a story about a bracelet, or a bandeau, and quite turns her head."

"Very disagreeable, I'm sure—eh! Dr. Sly?"

"Some people are very easily managed. By the bye, Miss Gusset, who could have advised Mrs. Million to wear crimson? So large as she is, it does not at all suit her: I suppose it's a favourite colour."

"Dear Miss Graves, you're always so insinuating. What can Miss Graves mean—eh! Dr. Sly?"

A Lord Burleigh shake of the head.

"Cynthia Courtown seems as lively as ever," said Miss Gusset.

"Yes, lively enough, but I wish her manner was less brusque."

"Brusque, indeed! you may well say so: she nearly pushed me down in the hall; and when I looked as if I thought she might have given me