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Updated: May 22, 2025

Harrington had no objection at all to Milly's going to London. "Indeed, Miss Lettice," she said, "I'm only too glad to think of your looking after her, for Milly's not got much sense, I'm afraid, although she's a woman grown." "I always thought her unusually clever and sensible," said Lettice, in some surprise. "Clever, miss, she always was, but sensible's a different affair.

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