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Next morning Miss Bowen astonished every one, and excited once more Mrs. Ianson's incredulous smile, by openly desiring the servant who waited to take a message for her to Major Harper's. It was to the effect that she wished immediately to see that gentleman, could he make it convenient to visit her.
The message was given by her very distinctly, and with most creditable calmness, considering that the destinies of her whole life hung on the sentence.