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"Oh, yes, indeed, Mr. Shane, Mrs. Embury is a dear friend of mine -- a / very, very dear friend -- and I'd so gladly go to see her -- and comfort / her -- console with her -- and try to cheer her up -- but -- well, I asked her / last night, over the telephone, to let me go to see her / to-day -- and -- she -- she -- "
Mrs. Desternay's pretty blue eyes filled with tears, and her pretty / lips quivered, and she dabbed a sheer little handkerchief here and / there on her countenance. Then she took up her babbling again.