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At luncheon and recurrently through the afternoon Barbara wondered how far Deganway's gossiping tongue had already prejudiced her relations with Eric. If he heard that they were being discussed, he would in all probability strike an attitude and declare that he could not be a party to compromising her any longer.
She was pleased by the stir with which her entrance galvanized them into alertness, by Oakleigh's sympathetic enquiries, even by Deganway's critical examination of her dress. "Well, make the most of me, everybody," she said. "I'm going back to bed immediately after lunch. What's everybody doing?" "I've been asleep," Oakleigh answered contentedly. Barbara looked round her and wrinkled her nose.
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