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Marie Louise noted the slight difference between the English “Thank you” and Sir Joseph’s “Thang gyou.”

Then Lady Webling’s eyes went around the table, catching up the women’s eyes and forms, and she led them in a troop from the embarrassing scene. She brought the embarrassment with her to the drawing-room, where the women sat about smoking miserably and waiting for the men to come forth and take them home.

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