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"Miss Basden, just come and put a stop to all this, will you? Here is Mother, getting all into a state, with nobody thought of coming! I wish this dinner-party was at the bottom of the sea. Just see that she gets a breathing space, Miss Basden, will you?"
"Yes, I will, Mr. Merry. I have got fairly tidy myself betimes, on purpose to prevent such naughtiness," said Miss Basden, who wore a remote expression, for which her toilet was responsible.