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“
You
have
been
very
kind
to
me
.
”
And
with
what
she
thought
a
strange
,
sad
look
in
his
handsome
young
face
,
he
turned
away
.
She
went
in
,
and
she
found
Bessie
still
writing
her
letter
;
that
is
,
Mrs
.
Westgate
perceived
she
was
sitting
at
the
table
with
the
pen
in
her
hand
and
not
writing
.
“
Lord
Lambeth
has
been
here
,
”
said
the
elder
lady
at
last
.
Then
Bessie
got
up
and
showed
her
a
pale
,
serious
face
.
She
bent
this
face
upon
her
sister
for
some
time
,
confessing
silently
and
a
little
pleading
.
“
I
told
him
,
”
she
said
at
last
,
“
that
we
could
not
go
to
Branches
.
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
displayed
just
a
spark
of
irritation
.
“
He
might
have
waited
,
”
she
said
with
a
smile
,
“
till
one
had
seen
the
castle
.
”
Later
,
an
hour
afterward
,
she
said
,
“
Dear
Bessie
,
I
wish
you
might
have
accepted
him
.
”
“
I
couldn
’
t
,
”
said
Bessie
gently
.
“
He
is
an
excellent
fellow
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
I
couldn
’
t
,
”
Bessie
repeated
.
“
If
it
is
only
,
”
her
sister
added
,
“
because
those
women
will
think
that
they
succeeded
—
that
they
paralyzed
us
!
”
Bessie
Alden
turned
away
;
but
presently
she
added
,
“
They
were
interesting
;
I
should
have
liked
to
see
them
again
.
”
“
So
should
I
!
”
cried
Mrs
.
Westgate
significantly
.
“
And
I
should
have
liked
to
see
the
castle
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
But
now
we
must
leave
England
,
”
she
added
.
Her
sister
looked
at
her
.
“
You
will
not
wait
to
go
to
the
National
Gallery
?
”
“
Not
now
.
”
“
Nor
to
Canterbury
Cathedral
?
”
Bessie
reflected
a
moment
.
“
We
can
stop
there
on
our
way
to
Paris
,
”
she
said
Lord
Lambeth
did
not
tell
Percy
Beaumont
that
the
contingency
he
was
not
prepared
at
all
to
like
had
occurred
;
but
Percy
Beaumont
,
on
hearing
that
the
two
ladies
had
left
London
,
wondered
with
some
intensity
what
had
happened
;
wondered
,
that
is
,
until
the
Duchess
of
Bayswater
came
a
little
to
his
assistance
.
The
two
ladies
went
to
Paris
,
and
Mrs
.
Westgate
beguiled
the
journey
to
that
city
by
repeating
several
times
—
“
That
’
s
what
I
regret
;
they
will
think
they
petrified
us
.
”
But
Bessie
Alden
seemed
to
regret
nothing
.