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"Take this to the servant, Masoff, and give my strict orders to Peter
to admit only Colonel Haughton or Capt. Trevalyon until after
luncheon."
"Yes, madam."
"And, Mason, bid Sarah be in readiness to attend Miss Tompkins, who
will drive to Bayswater in half an hour for the day. John will have
the close carriage at the door."
"Yes, madam."
Here is the heart wish of Blanche fulfilled, but she does not show it,
saying:
"Why must I go to that stupid place, step-momma? Such a mean crowd."
"Because I wish it; at all events, you pretend such affection for your
old school-teachers when with them, that to cover your aversion to
visit them it is my duty to insist on your going there when a drive
would benefit you. Should their nephew, Sir Tilton Everly, be with
them, tell him (as I want him to-morrow) he may as well return with
you."
Blanche made a _moue_, saying poutingly, while feeling that a
_billet-doux_ was safe in her pocket:
"I was due at the Tottenham's this morning: Cis was coming shopping;"
which was a romance of the moment.


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