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MRS. Crook was not given to regretting her loneliness, but on that afternoon she experienced an unusual longing for companionship. Having no one else at hand, she called Fanny into the parlour, and gave her some sewing to do which would require her own personal supervision.
When the girl was fairly at work, she began to question her as to the beginning of her acquaintance with Miss Lawton.