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Ailsa confronted her visitor with a steady eye. The girl knew by some subtle instinct that Lady Altamont meant mischief. Otherwise there had been no kind of occasion for her presence. It all flashed on Ailsa in a moment as she stood there bracing herself for the fray. If Lady Altamont had not actually discovered the fact that her late guest was now sheltered by the roof of No. 13, at any rate she had some shrewd idea as to what had happened.
"I am at a loss to understand what you are doing here," Ailsa said, coldly. She wanted a little time to mature her plans. "How did you come? And who let you in? I did not hear the front door bell ring, I----"