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I sat erect in my chair, open-mouthed, unable to move. My eyes were riveted upon the slim graceful form before me. I held my breath in wonder. She wore a smart tailor-made gown of pale fawn, with a large black hat which suited her admirably, while across the face -- every feature of which had been so indelibly photographed upon my memory -- was a thin gauzy veil which only served to heighten, rather than to conceal, her striking beauty.
"I'm so sorry to have disturbed you," she exclaimed, turning to her ladyship. "But I hadn't any idea that you had a visitor."