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The Lady Leucha Villiers and her cousins, the daughters of the Marquis of Killin, assisted by their chosen companions, tried in vain to relight the fire in the Summer Parlour; but, alas! although even the kitchen cat might have understood so simple a job, being at least acquainted with _something_ of the system, it was quite outside the powers of these ladies of high degree.
Naughty Hollyhock's last effort before she left the Parlour had been to pour a small jug of water over the fast-expiring coals.