The Gilded Age,Part 6
By Charles Dudley Warner
25 Oct, 2019
Brief Extract: The Senator and Philip both started up. In Laura's room, there were the marks of a confused and hasty departure, drawers half-open, little articles strewn on the floor. The bed had not been disturbed. Upon inquiry, it appeared that Lau
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Brief Extract: The Senator and Philip both started up. In Laura's room, there were the marks of a confused and hasty departure, drawers half-open, little articles strewn on the floor. The bed had not been disturbed. Upon inquiry, it appeared that Laura had not been at dinner, excusing herself to Mrs. Dilworthy on the plea of a violent headache; that she made a request to the servants that she might not be disturbed. Less