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CHAPTER II.
Charlotte and Mr. Brand had not returned when they reached the house; but the Baroness had come to tea, and Robert Acton also, who now regularly asked for a place at this generous repast or made his appearance later in the evening. Clifford Wentworth, with his juvenile growl, remarked upon it.
"You are always coming to tea now-a-days, Robert," he said. "I should think you had drunk enough tea in China."
