IX-2

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"And is there any good reason why he shouldn't?" She kept her eyes on him and the darkness seemed to clear. "No!" she at last replied, and, having gone to touch an electric bell, was with him again. "But I think I'm rather sorry for you." "Does that represent a reason why I should be so for you?" For a little she said nothing; but after that: "None whatever!" "Then is the sister of whom you speak Lady Imber?" Lady Grace, at this, raised her hand in caution: the butler had arrived, with due gravity, in answer to her ring; to whom she made known her desire. "Please say to his lordship—in the saloon or wherever—that Mr. Crimble must go." When Banks had departed, however, accepting the responsibility of this mission, she answered her friend's question. "The sister of whom I speak is Lady Im

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