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Henrietta, high-spirited and thoughtless, was more prone to anger than to fear, to resentment than to patience. But all find something formidable in the unknown; and the presence of this man who spoke with so much aplomb, and referred to her lover as if he had some concern in him, was enough to inspire her with fear and set her on her guard. Nevertheless, she could not quite check the first impulse to resentment; the man's very presence was a liberty, and her tone when she spoke betrayed her sense of this.
"I have no doubt," she said, "that Mr. Stewart can be found if you wish to see him. " She turned to Mrs. Gilson. "Be good enough," she said, "to send some one in search of him."