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Lady Quaintree had taken a fancy into her head that she should like to see the old Hall which now owned Miss Lois Turquand as proprietress. Therefore, she carried off the young girl, her maid, and a couple of male servants, on a hasty expedition.
"We will not send word we are coming, my dear," she half-suggested, half-commanded. "It will be most advisable to seize the people who have the care of the place by surprise."