demanded gruff old Anthony, as he flung the door open and found himself confronted with a large trunk and a small girl holding a letter in her hand. “It was the coachman, please, sir” was the composed answer. “Well, what do you want, child?” “I wish to come in. This is my luggage; I’ll help you with it.” The small personage laid hold of one handle with such perfect good faith in her own strength that it produced a chuckle from the old servant as he drew the trunk in with one hand, the child with the other, and shut the door, saying more respectfully, “Now, ma’am, what next?” Smoothing her disordered dress with dignity, the little girl replied, as if repeating a carefully learned lesson, “You are to give this letter to Mr. Bazil Yorke, and say Miss Stein has come. Then I am to wait till he tells me what to do.” “Are you Miss Stein?”
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