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"Take me down this long pretty road. There must be delicious houses inside the walls. Look here; drive slowly, and let us have a peep in at this open door," said Nettie. "How sweet and cosy! and who is that pretty young lady coming out? I saw her in the chapel this morning. Oh," added Nettie, with a little sharpness, "she knows you -- tell me who she is."
"That is Miss Lucy Wodehouse -- one of our Carlingford beauties," said Dr. Rider.