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"How long is it since you have seen Cynthia, Mr. Fayre?"
Lady Staveley's fine eyes were alight with amusement as she turned them on her guest. He had just alluded to Lady Cynthia Bell as "a demure little thing" and was now discussing his tea-cake with the serenity of one quite unaware that he has been guilty of an incredible misstatement.