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Specs of Doubt
CHAPTER 42
Barbara Barry and Lady Elizabeth retired to the study, to enjoy the tea and the goodwill cake which was served at dinner. Both of them had a sweet tooth and both loved teas. They both drink it all day long like water.
Comfortably seated together with a burning fireplace near them, they assumed their usual gossip, especially what happens at dinner.
“Poor Lea…” Lady Elizabeth murmured sadly.
Barbara sighed, “It looks like Duvier is still stuck in the past.”
“Yes...”, She sighed worriedly, “What have we done Barb? So much misery. Every time I look at Duvier, I wondered if we did the right thing.”
“Shhh…quite somebody might hear us.” She look
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