Penny Blood Serial Fiction — page 25: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

8 REYNOLDS’ WORKS Thus speaking, she quitted the room. But her absence was not longer than she had specified, and on her return she sat down to join in the conversation with her daughter and her guests. (EOMNMUCE ooo) sS (E(0)