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Lady Edna drew back. It seemed no place for her. She bowed graciously to Saltburn, though her aloofness was as marked as ever, and made a suggestion.
"Perhaps you would like to be left alone with your father," she said. "There is no occasion whatever to stand on ceremony. Lord Sherringborne will understand. And we shall enjoy the walk back across the park this perfect evening."