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The interview with her father turned out satisfactorily for Madelene. Each was suffering from inward consciousness of having acted to some extent unreasonably, and each felt a kind of unexpressed relief at not being brought to task. Colonel St Quentin's manner and tone were plainly deprecatory of blame.
"You must not think me weak and foolish for having given in to your aunt, when I had stood out so -- well, I suppose I must say -- obstinately with you and Ermine," he said with a slight smile.