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A MYSTERIOUS LOSS.
Paula, following her husband's advice, removed her pretty lace dress and flowery hat, and putting on a dark wrap, lay down on the sofa in the breakfast parlour whilst her servants made her some tea. It was for the first time, then, that Hal perceived a little pile of letters and newspapers waiting for him.