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"By-the-bye," began Colonel Follitt, looking at his wife across the tea-things, "have you done anything about getting a governess?"
"No," answered Lady Jane, and a short pause followed, for the subject was a sore one. "I have not done anything about getting a governess," she added presently, in the tone suitable to armed neutrality.