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Hester was a good deal astonished that same day, when, just before dinner, Annie Forest came up to her with a request.
"I don't want to dine here to-night," she said. "I want to go to the Towers to have a good long talk with Molly."
"But, really, Annie," replied Hester, "is it necessary for you to go to-night? I did not know-I mean I did not