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"Has he been breaking———?" the girl asked in horror.
Mrs. Gracedew laughingly tapped her heart. "Yes, we've had a scene! He went up again to your father."
Cora was disconcerted. "Papa's not there. He just came down to me by the other way."
"Then he can join you here," said Mrs. Gracedew with instant resignation. "I'm going."
"Just when I've come back to you—at the risk," Cora made bold to throw off, "of again interrupting, though I really hoped he had gone, your conversation with Captain Yule?"
But Mrs. Gracedew let the ball quite drop. "I've nothing to say to Captain Yule."
Cora picked it up for another toss. "You had a good deal to say a few minutes ago!"
"Well, I've said it, and it's over. I've nothing more to say at all," Mrs. Gracedew insisted. But her announcement of departure left her on
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