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"Where is Mrs. Parish? " demanded Colonel Bristo, the moment his daughter reached the gate. In spite of a gallant effort to be calm before Alice, his voice quivered.
"The walk was too much for her. " The girl's face was flushed, and her tones faint. "She said she couldn't walk back were it ever so. She spoke to Mrs. Commyns -- who was called here, you know -- and went to the Rectory. She wants us to send the pony-trap if -- -- "