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During the long and weary wait whilst the _Blankshire_ was being made fast, Sophy Leigh and her girl friends had collected in a group taking leave of one another and making plans for future meetings.
"I must say I envy you," said Lena Morgan, the elder of the two plain, pleasant sisters, whose father was "something in timber." "You will be the darling of enormously rich relatives, have several motors, and horses galore."