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Lady Mildred was dressed for dinner, and as it was rather early, she sat down in her own room, but very soon Gaunt came in. They had not spoken since the interview with her brother, and there were still traces of anxiety on his face.
"You were very good to stand up for me in the way you did, Mildred," he said earnestly. "Your brother was in the right, for it is a sordid business, and I greatly regret it."