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It was the morning after Mr. Bradstone's elaborate picnic, and the clock was striking twelve as Olivia, with her hat and jacket on, knocked at the door of the squire's den, as the room in which he kept his guns and fishing-rods, and in which he transacted his business as justice of the peace, was called.
She knocked twice, then, having received no answer, opened the door and entered.