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"Octavia," said Miss Belinda, "how imprudent! In that thin dress  the night air! How could you, my dear, how could you?" "Oh! I shall not catch cold," Octavia answered. "I am used to it. I have been out hours and hours, on moonlight nights, at home." But she moved toward them. OCTAVIA SAID MISS BELINDA HOW IMPRUDENT AND THAT THIN DRESS THE NIGHT AIR HOW COULD YOU MY DEAR HOW COULD YOU OH I SHALL NOT CATCH COLD OCTAVIA ANSWERED I AM USED TO IT I'VE BEEN OUT HOURS AND HOURS ON MOONLIGHT NIGHTS AT HOME BUT SHE MOVED TOWARD THEM
iss Octavia Bassett?" Here it must be confessed that Lucia faltered. "She is on the terrace with Mr. Barold." "She is on"-- Her ladyship stopped short in the middle of her sentence. This was too much for her. She left Lucia, and crossed the room to Miss Belinda. "Belinda," she said, in an awful undertone, "your niece is out upon the terrace with Mr. Barold. Perhaps it would be as well for you to intimate to her that in England it is not customary--that--Belinda, go and bring her in." Miss Belinda arose, actually looking pale. She had been making such strenuous efforts to converse with Miss Pilcher and Mrs. Burnham, that she had been betrayed into forgetting her charge. She could scarcely believe her ears. She went to the open window, and looked out, and then turned paler than before. "Octavia, my dear," she said faintly. "Francis!" said Lady Theobald, over her shoulder. Mr. Francis Barold turned a rather bored countenance toward them; but it was evidently not Octavia who had bored him. OCCURRED TO HER AND SAID WHERE IS MISS OCTAVIA BASSETT HERE IT MUST BE CONFESSED THAT LUCIA FALTERED SHE IS ON THE TERRACE WITH MISTER BAROLD SHE IS ON HER LADYSHIP STOPPED SHORT IN THE MIDDLE OF HER SENTENCE THIS WAS TOO MUCH FOR HER SHE LEFT LUCIA AND CROSSED THE ROOM TO MISS BELINDA BELINDA SHE SAID IN AN AWFUL UNDERTONE YOUR NIECE IS OUT UPON THE TERRACE WITH MISTER BAROLD PERHAPS IT WILL BE AS WELL FOR YOU TO INTIMATE TO HER THAT IN ENGLAND IT IS NOT CUSTOMARY THAT BELINDA GO AND BRING HER IN MISS BELINDA AROSE ACTUALLY LOOKING PALE SHE HAD BEEN MAKING SUCH STRENUOUS EFFORTS TO CONVERSE WITH MISS PILCHER AND MISSUS BURNHAM THAT SHE HAD BEEN BETRAYED INTO FORGETTING HER CHARGE SHE COULD SCARCELY BELIEVE HER EARS SHE WENT TO THE OPEN WINDOW AND LOOKED OUT AND THEN TURNED PALER THAN BEFORE OCTAVIA MY DEAR SHE SAID FAINTLY FRANCIS SAID LADY THEOBALD OVER HER SHOULDER MISTER FRANCIS BAROLD TURNED A RATHER BORED COUNTENANCE TOWARD THEM BUT IT WAS EVIDENTLY NOT OCTAVIA WHO HAD WARNED HIM
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