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〃Thirty…three;〃 Katherine told her。

〃Well;〃 remarked Miss Viner doubtfully; 〃that's not so very bad。 You've lost your first freshness; of course。〃

〃I'm afraid so;〃 said Katherine; much entertained。

〃But you're a very nice girl;〃 said Miss Viner kindly。 〃And I'm sure there's many a man might do worse than take you for a wife instead of one of these flibbertigibbets running about nowadays showing more of their legs than the Creator ever intended them to。 Good…bye; my dear; and I hope you'll enjoy yourself; but things are seldom what they seem in this life。〃

Heartened by these prophecies; Katherine took her departure。 Half the village came to see her off at the station; including the little maid of all work; Alice; who brought a stiff wired nosegay and cried openly。

〃There ain't a many like her;〃 sobbed Alice when the train had finally departed。 〃I'm sure when Charlie went back on me with that girl from the Dairy; nobody could have been kinder than Miss Grey was; and though particular about the brasses and the dust; she was always one to notice when you'd give a thing an extra rub。 Cut myself in little pieces for her; I would; any day。 A real lady; that's what I call her。〃

Such was Katherine's departure from St Mary Mead。

Chapter 8

LADY TAMPLIN WRITES A LETTER

〃Well;〃 said Lady Tamplin; 〃well。〃

She laid down the continental Daily Mail and stared out across the blue waters of the Mediterranean。 A bra

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