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"Oh, Elizabeth," she said, "right or wrong, I am enjoying it so. Please don't try to spoil it."
"I should have thought lending you my pearls wasn't spoiling it," observed Elizabeth.
That had to be said; it was only doing the barest justice to herself. But after that, in spite of her sleepless night, she said no more, and, indeed, magnanimously changed the subject, remarking that wasps were plentiful.
