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An abrupt knock at the door interrupted them, and, without waiting for permission, in came Lady Bearcroft, as if blown by a high wind, looking very red: half angry, half frightened, and then laughing, she exclaimed " A fine boggle-de-botch, I have made of it!" But seeing Lady Cecilia, she stopped short "Beg pardon thought you were by yourself, Miss Hanley."
Lady Cecilia instantly offered to retire, yet intimated, as she moved towards the door, a wish to stay, and, if it were not too much, to ask what was meant by "By boggle-de-botch, do you mean?" said Lady Bearcroft. "I am aware it is not a canonical word classical, I mean; nor in nor out of any dictionary, perhaps but when people are warm, they cannot stand picking terms."
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