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They both left the room together. THEY BOTH LEFT THE ROOM TOGETHER
 that, one of the horses being lame, the carriage in which they had driven over from Castle Frampton was to put up for the night. In the drawing-room we found Lady Lynton pouring out tea for her husband's youngest sister and her husband, who, as we came in, exclaimed: "We have come to beg a night's lodging." It appeared that they had been on a visit in the neighbourhood, and had been obliged to leave at a moment's notice in consequence of a sudden death in the house where they were staying, and that, in the impossibility of getting a fly, their hosts had sent them over to Byfield. "We thought," Mrs. Hampshire went on to say, "that as we were coming here the end of next week, you would not mind having us a little sooner; or that, if the house were quite full, you would be willing to put us up anywhere till Monday, and let us come back later." Lady Lynton interposed with the remark that it was all settled; and then, turning to her husband, added: "But I want to speak to you for a moment. D ARRIVED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND THAT ONE OF THE HORSES BEING LAME THE CARRIAGE IN WHICH THEY HAD DRIVEN OVER FROM CASTLE FRAMPTON WAS TO PUT UP FOR THE NIGHT IN THE DRAWING ROOM WE FOUND LADY LYNTON POURING OUT TEA FOR HER HUSBAND'S YOUNGEST SISTER AND HER HUSBAND WHO AS WE CAME IN EXCLAIMED WE HAVE COME TO BEG A NIGHT'S LODGING IT APPEARED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ON A VISIT IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND HAD BEEN OBLIGED TO LEAVE AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE IN CONSEQUENCE OF A SUDDEN DEATH IN THE HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE STAYING AND THAT IN THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF GETTING A FLY THEIR HOSTS HAD SENT THEM OVER TO BYFIELD WE THOUGHT MISSUS HAMPSHIRE WENT ON TO SAY THAT AS WE WERE COMING HERE THE END OF NEXT WEEK YOU WOULD NOT MIND HAVING US A LITTLE SOONER OR THAT IF THE HOUSE WERE QUITE FULL YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT US UP ANYWHERE TILL MONDAY AND LET US COME BACK LATER LADY LYNTON INTERPOSED WITH THE REMARK THAT IT WAS ALL SETTLED AND THEN TURNING TO HER HUSBAND ADDED BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU FOR A MOMENT
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