…with all the lofty contempt natural to the descendant of eleven Earls…
It was at this moment that Lady Aurelia entered the room, and, halting on the threshold, demanded, in a voice which, without being raised to any vulgar pitch, easily penetrated the hubbub: ‘What, may I ask, is the meaning of this extraordinary scene?’ Such was the effect of her commanding eye, and air of supreme…
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