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Jeannie tapped at the bed-room door, and Phœbe's voice answered her quite cheerfully.
"I was just coming down, Miss Avesham," she said; "I should have come down before, but I just waited to collect myself. Now, please tell me truly. Dr. Maitland, I thought, looked very grave. Is that not so?"