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Chapter 14

           LadyElton’slooksnowresembledtheirs!SickenedandappalledIavertedmyeyes,andwasgladtoseeRimâneztakingfarewellofhishost,thewhileheexpressedhisregretandsympathywithhiminhisdomesticaffliction.Imyself,approachingLadySibyl,pressedhercoldandtremblinghandinmine,andrespectfullykissedit.

           "Iamdeeplysorry!"Imurmured"IwishIcoulddoanythingtoconsoleyou!"

           Shelookedatmewithdrycalmeyes.

           "Thank-you.Butthedoctorshavealwayssaidthatmymotherwouldhaveanothershockdeprivingherofspeech.Itisverysad;shewillprobablyliveforsomeyearslikethat."

           Iagainexpressedmysympathy.

           "MayIcomeandinquireaboutyouallto-morrow?"Iasked.

           "Itwillbeverykindofyou,"sheansweredquietly.

           "ShallIseeyouifIcome?"Isaidinalowertone.

           "Ifyouwishitcertainly!"

           Oureyesmet;andIknewbyinstinctthatshereadmythoughts.Ipressedherhandagainandwasnotrepulsedthenbowingprofoundly,IlefthertomakemyadieuxtoLordEltonandMissChesney,whoseemedterriblyupsetandfrightened.MissCharlotteFitzroyhadlefttheroominattendanceonhersister,andshedidnotreturntobidusgood-night.RimânezlingeredamomentbehindmetosayanotherwordortwototheEarl,andwhenhejoinedmeinthehallandthrewonhisopera-coat,hewassmilingtohimselfsomewhatsingularly.

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