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"Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it. What did she do on reentering her father's house?"
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"I saw her in conversation with her maid."
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"And who is her maid?"
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"Alice is her name. She is an American and came from California with her."
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"A confidential servant?"
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"A little too much so. It seemed to me that her mistress allowed her to take great liberties. Still, of course, in America they look upon these things in a different way."
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"How long did she speak to this Alice?"
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"Oh, a few minutes. I had something else to think of."
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"You did not overhear what they said?"
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"Lady St.
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