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Florence was explaining to Ursula why she would never desert her, and Ursula was tidying up the little lacquer secretaire in her bedroom. Florence was thinking of marrying one Ernest, who attended to the grosser wants of Captain Grierson, and she had been hoping (vainly) for some hint that there might be a combined establishment in the near future.
"Of course, I'd never leave you in the lurch, my lady. I don't forget if it hadn't been for you I'd still be in the scullery."