He stared a moment at her tone. "She would do anything for us."

To which Charlotte at first said nothing--as if from the sense of

too much. Then, indulgently enough, she shook her head. "We're

beyond her."

He thought a moment--as of where this placed them. "She'd do

anything then for THEM."

"Well, so would we--so that doesn't help us. She has broken down.

She doesn't understand us. And really, my dear," Charlotte added,

"Fanny Assingham doesn't matter."

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