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"You are surprised to see me here to-night, Mimi," Paul Desfrayne said, using an old childish pet-name that always disarmed his mother. "I came here with a friend to see Lady Quaintree" -- he hesitated painfully -- "on -- on business."
Mrs. Desfrayne opened her big blue eyes, and looked him straight in the face. A spasm of pique passed through her heart.