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Barbara received Mrs. Tarbot's letter by the first post in the morning. She read the contents and determined to act on Clara's counsel at once. Pelham was just getting up when his wife appeared.
"Dear, how bad you look! " said Barbara, giving him a glance of mingled apprehension and affection.