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ALEXANDER PEEBLES had carried Olivia's letter from Tadmor, fingering it dubiously all the way. Olivia had received just two other letters in the course of her life, and her father had not liked them. He placed this one on the table at which she was sewing, and tapped it with his finger.
"For you, my dear," he said.