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Surprise, amusement, and a touch of admiration struggled for the mastery in his mind, and he was compelled to admit to himself, albeit reluctantly, that the doubtfully-anticipated 'Squire-ess' was by no means the sort of person he had expected to see. Herein he was at one with Bainton.
Now, all unexpectedly, there was to be a break, a new source of unavoidable annoyance in the intrusion of a feminine authority, a modern Squire-ess, who no doubt would probably bring modern ways with her into the little old-world place, who would hunt and shoot and smoke, perhaps even swear at her grooms, who could tell?
No result of this second attempt had been forthcoming, so Walden concluded that his gardener had received a possibly curt and complete rebuff from the new 'Squire-ess, and had been too much disheartened by his failure to come and report it.
It was just two o'clock. Another hour and the antipathetic 'Squire-ess' would be actually on her way to the village! He heaved a short sigh. Forebodings of evil infected the air, impending change, disturbing and even disastrous to St. Rest suggested itself troublously to his mind.
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