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Thyrza

CHAPTER XXX
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We have changed our minds.

We go back to Eastbourne.' 'Ah! How's that, Bell ?' 'We are a little tired of society, and father needs quietness again.
Where do you go ?' 'To Scotland, with the Scalpers.

Lord Glenroich is going down with us.
He's promised to teach me to shoot.' Paula spoke of these arrangements with less gusto than might have been expected of her.

She was fidgety and absent.

Suddenly she asked: 'What has become of Mr.Egremont, Bell ?' 'He has either gone, or is just going, to America, to live there, I believe, for some time.' 'Oh, indeed!--_with_ anybody, I wonder ?' 'He has not told me anything of his affairs, Paula.' 'Then you have seen him ?' 'No, I haven't.' 'Don't be cross with me, Bell.


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