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coming, and put her arm round the waist of her friend 

 Lucy. 



As Mrs. Trimmings drove home, the events of the 

 evening seemed like a horrid dream, but she knew that 

 they were only too true, and felt that she could not 

 again face Lady Cover tside and her daughters, whom 

 she had formerly so longed to see. She set off next 

 morning for London, and proposes to winter abroad. It 

 is thought (and hoped by those who know her best) that 

 she may never return to Eastcliff. 



