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Where Angels
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WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD.

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THEY were all at Charing Cross to see Lilia off-Philip, Harriet, Irma, Mrs Herriton herself. Even Mrs Theobald, squired by Mr Kingcroft, had braved the journey from Yorkshire to bid her only daughter good-bye. Miss Abbott was likewise attended by numerous relatives, and the sight of so many people talking at once and saying such different things caused Lilia to break into ungovernable peals of laughter.

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Quite an ovation," she cried, sprawling out of her first-class carriage. "They'll take Oh, Mr Kingcroft, get us

us for royalty.
footwarmers."

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