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Mrs. Cathcart was considerably surprised to receive an invitation to the dinner. She had that morning sent her daughter a cheque for three hundred pounds which she had received from her broker, but as their letters had crossed, one event had no connection with the other.
She did not immediately decide to accept the invitation, she was not sure as to the terms on which she desired to remain with her new son-in-law.