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Jeanne of the Marshes

CHAPTER II
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"It is an out-of-the-way corner of the world." The Princess shook her head.
"I never heard of it," she said.

"I am going to motor through Norfolk soon, though, and I think that I shall call upon you." Cecil de la Borne looked up eagerly.
"I wish you would," he begged, "and bring your step-daughter.

You can't imagine," he added, with a glance at the girl who was sitting at his left hand, "how much pleasure it would give me.

The roads are really not bad, and every one admits that the country is delightful." "You had better be careful," the Princess said, "or we may take you at your word.

I warn you, though, that it would be a regular invasion.
Major Forrest and Lord Ronald are talking about coming with us." "It's just an idea," Forrest remarked carelessly.


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