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Mrs. Desfrayne then went up-stairs unattended -- an arrangement not at all to her liking, for she would fain still retain all the airs and customs of a beauty yet in the heyday of sunshiny existence.
She swept one searching glance round the suite of crowded rooms, seeking the unwelcome figure of Lois Turquand.