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A few minutes later a knock at the door being replied to by Hester's curt "Come in! " produced the modest entry of Jane Cupp, who had come to make a necessary inquiry of her mistress. "Her ladyship is not here; she has gone out. " Jane made an altogether involuntary step forward. Her face became the colour of her clean white apron.
"Out! " she gasped.