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There was a moment's silence, born of consideration, at the sudden facing of an unconsidered result.
Young Quixote looked at the calm, placid face of the little old lady, but his eyes had travelled from them to her cap, with its trembling lilac bows, and downwards to such details as muslin apron, black silk gown, and lace mittened hands, before he recovered power of speech.