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A week or so after Anstruthers' departure Georgie decided that her visit must come to an end. Mamma was not so very well, and poor papa had a touch of his old enemy, the gout; and, really she had been away from home a long time. Did not Lisbeth think that they had better return to London, even though Pen'yllan was still as delightful as ever?
Then they had a surprise indeed.