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She walked quickly down the street, hoping every moment to overtake Jasmine. Miss Egerton had old-fashioned ideas about many things, and nothing could exceed her horror at the thought of this pretty and refined-looking child finding her way alone to a pawnshop.
"Poor little girl! " she said to herself. "She must be really in absolute want. What has she taken to pawn? Oh, dear! this anxiety is terrible -- and yet, and yet, how glad I am to know those orphan girls."