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It had been a terrible shock for Lady Ardane when, upon that sunny afternoon in the Abbey grounds, quick strong hands had been laid upon her, and, struggling furiously, she had been carried into the delivery van.
It was not that she was seized and held with great violence. On the contrary, for a calm voice enjoined those who were carrying her to be as gentle as possible, and on no account to bruise her.