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It were difficult to say whether anger at her daughter's deceit, indignation with the treacherous Baron, or a stern pleasure in finding her worst prognostications in a fair way to being proved, was the uppermost emotion in Lady Grillyer's mind when she had listened to this relation. Certainly poor Alicia could not but think that sympathy for her troubles formed no ingredient in the mixture.
She was showing more fight than her mother had ever encountered from her before, and the opposition seemed to inflame Lady Grillyer's resentment against the unfilial couple. "You know nothing about it! What is this mission about?" "That certainly is a secret," said Alicia, relieved that there was something left to keep her promise over. "Has he gone alone?" "I I mustn't tell you, mamma."
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