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"I hope you will make allowances," she said, with a musical Welsh
intonation. "I am the manageress, and everything is at sixes and
sevens, look you. This morning I had trouble with the staff, and just
to annoy me they all cleared off together. I had to leave the hotel to
see what I could find in Dolgelly. Mr. Gunthorpe and the other guests
in the hotel very kindly offered to see to things while I was away, and
I'm sure they have done their best, indeed."
"Done their best to poison us, certainly," growled the old gentleman.
"My wife has a duo--"
"That's all right, old chap," interrupted Mr. Gunthorpe. "Miss Jones is
an expert in those things. She'll feed it the proper tack, believe me.
Give her a chance, and don't blame her for our shortcomings."
By this time the whole mock staff had taken the stage--waitress, boots,
chambermaid, and a pleasant-faced lady of matronly appearance who, I
learnt, was Mrs. Gunthorpe and the mother of the two children of whom
we had been told such a harrowing history.
"And just think, dear," said Tony, smiling at me across the table.


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