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"I think you ought to do something about Louise," said the dowager.
"I'm trying to think whether she was with me when I called on Ada
Spelvexit. I rather enjoyed myself there. Ada was trying, as usual, to
ram that odious Koriatoffski woman down my throat, knowing perfectly well
that I detest her, and in an unguarded moment she said: 'She's leaving
her present house and going to Lower Seymour Street.' 'I dare say she
will, if she stays there long enough,' I said. Ada didn't see it for
about three minutes, and then she was positively uncivil. No, I am
certain I didn't leave Louise there."
"If you could manage to remember where you _did_ leave her, it would be
more to the point than these negative assurances," said Lady Beanford;
"so far, all we know is that she is not at the Carrywoods', or Ada
Spelvexit's, or Westminster Abbey."
"That narrows the search down a bit," said Jane hopefully; "I rather
fancy she must have been with me when I went to Mornay's. I know I went
to Mornay's, because I remember meeting that delightful Malcolm What's-
his-name there--you know whom I mean. That's the great advantage of
people having unusual first names, you needn't try and remember what
their other name is.
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