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"It is the post, Aunt," said Aspasia; "and a letter from Runkle."
She stood at the door of the attic, looking in upon them with something unfriendly in the expression of her eyes. The tone in which she announced Lady Gerardine's correspondent was not without a shade of malicious triumph.