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Mrs. Greville blinked as she opened the drawing-room door and faced the / bright light. Her economical soul saw at a glance that all three lights / were lighted, but she refrained from making a remark.
Loving her son as she did, she had come determined to make friends / with his probably incapable wife, and knew that to remark at the very / beginning on the reckless extravagance displayed, would not help her / resolve. So she merely blinked, and for a moment shaded her eyes with / her hand, saying, "My eyes are not used to such brilliance."