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The old Squire of Wyvern wandered from room to room, and stood in this window and that. An hour after the scene on the terrace, he was trembling still and flushed, with his teeth grimly set, sniffing, and with a stifling weight at his heart.
Night came, and the drawing-room was lighted up, and the Squire rang the bell, and sent for old Mrs. Durdin.