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Augusta was leaning against the marble mantelpiece-indeed, one of her arms was resting upon it, for she was a tall woman. Perhaps she, too, felt that there was something in the air; at any rate, she turned away her head, and began to play with a bronze Japanese lobster which adorned the mantelpiece.
"Now for it," said Eustace to himself, drawing a long breath, to try and steady the violent pulsations of his heart.