[A Lost Leader by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookA Lost Leader CHAPTER VI 13/16
Her mother was nervously crumpling into a ball her tiny lace handkerchief.
Mrs. Phillimore rose abruptly from her seat. "Have you got the brandy and soda, Hester ?" she asked. "I'm afraid I forgot it, mother," the girl answered.
"Mayn't I make you some Russian tea? I've had the lemon sliced." The woman laughed, a little unnaturally. "What a dutiful daughter," she exclaimed.
"That's right! I want looking after, don't I? I'll have the tea, Hester, but send it up to my room.
I'm going to lie down.
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