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Mrs Stedman had said that she was taking a long drive through the country and Marjorie was surprised when her mother came back in no very amiable frame of mind as she and Pretoria Smith were taking tea on the lawn.
"Why; mother, I thought you were going to be very late," said the girl, as Pretoria Smith rose to carry a chair to the table.