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"Haven't you a word to throw to a man when he has safely returned from a dangerous journey? " Acton asked.
"How do you do?" said Clifford. "I thought—I thought you were"—And he paused, looking at the Baroness again.
"You thought I was at Newport, eh? So I was—this morning."
"Good-night, clever child!" said Madame Münster, over her shoulder.
Clifford stared at her—not at all like a clever child; and then, with one of his little facetious growls, took his departure.
"What is the matter with him?" asked Acton, when he was gone. "He seemed rather in a muddle."
Eugenia, who was near the window,
