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"Thou art a fool, Berwine," said the old lady, sternly; "thinkest thou I will bring anger and misfortune on my house, by suffering this girl to leave it without rendering the usual homage to the Red-Finger? Go to let the room be made ready small preparation may serve, if she cherish not the Norman nicety about bed and lodging. Do not reply; but do as I command thee.
Could I have foreseen what has befallen me within these last unhappy days, I had lost the enjoyment of every happy moment before that time." "Nevertheless, daughter," said the Lady of Baldringham, "thou, like others of thy race, must within this house conform to the rule, of passing one night within the chamber of the Red-Finger. Berwine, see that it be prepared for my niece's reception."
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