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The children returned to the house only just in time to dress for late dinner, for while in the country Mrs. Richmond had the four young people to dine with her. As they walked up through the shrubbery the one topic of conversation was the guests who had just picnicked with them.
"I don't believe mother will like it," said Nora. "We ought not to have done it without asking her permission. It was your fault, Augusta; you should not have done it."