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"Pardon me, Lady Portmore, but I must finish this bit of work to-night," said Miss Forrester.
"Oh, nonsense, only one song! Come, Beaufort"; but on looking round she discovered that Lord Beaufort had disappeared; and so that attempt fell to the ground, and Lady Portmore's gay evening was rather a greater failure than her dull one.
