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He shifted away again, and stood looking out of the window, for it had occurred to him that if Maidie's fortune was not going to prove the attraction that she had expected, then she was indeed obliged to fall back upon her personal attributes.

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The room next door was almost as well appointed as Maidie's own, and Miss Wormley lost herself in a stuttering speech of thanks, which Lady Hester kindly dismissed.

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He was still more irritated by the tendency of Maidie's Worm to behave like a watering pot, sniffing into her handkerchief.

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Then she promptly lost interest in her, embarking instead on a conversation with Dela garde which, to Maidie's critical eye, looked suspiciously like a flirtation.

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-- But, catching Maidie's eye, the older woman smiled.

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This gaunt creature stood tall and arrogant before them, all apparent condescension as she pried her jutting nose into Maidie's affairs.

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But that, he was persuaded, could only result in Maidie's discomfiture.

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They were cold, and held, for the most part, a calculating look that could not but repel a female of Maidie's openness.

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He dismissed it, realising that, in the role of guardian thrust upon him, he would wish to assure himself of the worth of any pretender to Maidie's hand.

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Tears started to Maidie's eyes, and she felt the arm of her duenna come about her.

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