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Forde stopped opening the blue envelope when Mrs. Krent made this amazing announcement as to the new disposal of Bowring's property, and, together with Dericka, stared at the messenger of ill tidings.
The stout, elderly housekeeper, who was still attired in the incongruous costume which she loved, fanned her red face with a flimsy handkerchief and arranged her dyed yellow curls under the juvenile bonnet. Blandly surveying the astonished lovers, she continued her monologue.