A Fair Fraud — page 125: what you’re looking at

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114 A Fair Fraud moment. Yet she had her very strong doubts as to whether Hester would come up to her own ideals in the matter. Meanwhile she her- self was for the present powerless to help or to mar the plot that was working itself out under her eyes. All she could do was to watch and wait and hope. The morning had opened quietly and un- eventfully enough. The gentlemen had gone out shooting after an early breakfast, at which the Lanes had not been present; and as soon as they were off Marion had been summoned to the storeroom, where her daily duties of put- ting out the dessert and arranging fresh flowers and decorations for the dinner table were materially increased by the larger party in the house, so that she was engaged for some little time in attending to them. Afterwards she had gone straight to her aunt’s morning-room, where Mrs Drury had, as has been seen, im- mediately attacked her on the subject of her vale and tell-tale face. Nothing, she felt certain, of an important nature could have taken place, nor would be likely to do so yet awhile, unless, indeed, Mr Naylor were to warn Captain Drury of his danger whilst they were out shooting together. Yet Mr Naylor had said that he would not speak to his friend whilst he was staying in hi friend’s father’s house ; and Marion believed a GOMMGIOO <S (GO) uu