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WHEN Iris failed to respond to the summons for dinner, Miss Darrel waited a few moments and then took her own place at the table.
"Go and find Miss Clyde," she said to Agnes; "I do wish people would be prompt at meals, especially when they're guests."
Lucille never allowed any one of her household to forget that she was now mistress of Pellbrook, and she longed for the time when the mystery would be cleared up and she might be left to the possession of her new home.
Being Sunday, it was a case of midday dinner, and, as Iris was usually prompt, Lucille was surprised at the length of time Agnes remained out of the room. At last she returned with the word that she could not find Miss Clyde anywhere in the house. "But," she added, "maybe she went away in the little car
