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As she came forward, all about her rose a significant Babel: 'Here's Miss Levering! 'It's Vida! 'Oh, how do you do! the frou-frou of swishing skirts, the scrape of chairs pushed back over stone flags, and the greeting of the host and hostess, cordial to the point of affection the various handshakings, the discreet winding through the groups of a footman with a fresh teapot, the Bedlington's first attack of barking merged in tail-wagging upon pleased recognition of a friend; and a final settling down again about the tea-table with the air full of scraps of talk and unfinished questions.
Freddy's brother-in-law had met Lady John's look with the same significant smile as that lady's own 'Yes, she's naturally feeling rather crestfallen perhaps she'll see now! 'Mrs. Freddy crestfallen, what about? said Farnborough. But he was much preoccupied at that moment in supplying Lady Sophia with bits of toast the exact size for balancing on the Bedlington's nose.
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