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Her mother sat in mournful state at the end of GKIZEL COCHRANE'S RIDE 185 the lofty apartment. About her were two ladies and several gentlemen, all conversing in low tones such as they might use, Grizel thought to herself, if her father were dead in the house. They all stopped talking as she entered, and looked at her in surprise. In those days it was thought very im- proper and forward for a young girl to enter a drawing-room uninvited, if guests were present. Grizel's eyes fell before the emb...arrassing scrutiny, and she dropped a timid courtesy, lifting her green silken skirts daintily, like a high-born little maiden, as she was. Lady Cochrane made a dignified apol- ogj to her guests and then turned to Grizel. "Well, my daughter?" she said, question- ingly. " I pray thy pardon, Mother, " said Grizel, in a trembling voice, speaking low, that only her mother might hear; "but within a few moments Sir Thomas Hanford will be secretly below the balcony with news for us. " The lady half rose from her seat, trembling.
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