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But if it comes to that, some of us are not exactly in the positions our fond relatives in- tended for us. Proves we ought to be charitable, my dear Miss Annesley, on a goldfield.' ' Indeed, we should. After all, what does it matter, if we do our duty and keep our self-respect ? ' 42 CHAPTER III The ball was over and done with. But still the society magnates were exercised about the mysterious maid who had dis- played the unsuspected accomplishments of dressing, dancing, and deporting herself i...rreproachably ; moreover, had proved herself a finished musician. What had she been ? What was her real name ? What her position and antecedents ? Must there not have been a something — not quite, etc., about her early life and times, before she could have chosen such an employment ? Then, Captain Douglas had been seen speaking in a confidential manner to her — had even dropped a word as if he had 43 THE SPHINX OF known her before. Of course, the Cap- tain had known all sorts of persons in his cruising about the world.
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