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I could see in my uncle's grim face as he looked at us the keenest / satisfaction contending with surprise at this sign of our sudden / reconciliation. All trace of his recent anger seemed to have left him / as he addressed his daughter, but in spite of his altered tone I noticed / that her eyes looked defiance and distrust.
'I have some papers of importance to look over,' said he. 'For an hour / or so I shall be engaged. I can guess that Louis would like to see the / old place once again, and I am sure that he could not have a better / guide than you, Sibylle, if you will take him over it.'