NRAL | Chapter 38
by Luna~Chapter 38~4e92cac077e36db4
A Dress for the f3186c3467 Debutante42d2914284e412fe
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“It’s been 08b44bb34e a while, 053618a77b Lady Eleanor.”640c838b35d3479e
A familiar-looking woman 4d85a087d3 stood next to e42a0daf8f Karsian and greeted 1ce10a71ef her.ba783b890d05aaa6
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Dark brown hair 3793a8e89a decorated with a 3ad5af6d9e long, fancy hairpin, 615bb14bec a neat yet d2ccf13d11 unique dress, a febba78d06 face that looked a8359c344b younger than her cbe5555cd2 age, and beautiful 825e12f90b silver-gray eyes.c474a9e85d61e333
After taking it all 99c8aaaba1 in, Eleanor muttered blankly,577bf51d7caaaae9
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“Madam Corcos?”0d3a7345a4291f13
The head seamstress f4104e71ad of Corcos Atelier.3df9ffc93b231645
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Poby Corcos, the ad64c92442 leading trendsetter whose 4a1e1c4b5e name was known 6d669b9d90 not only in 4ab705b11e Juvenile but also afbadad066 overseas, was really 56b945cd46 standing in front 52bad8069e of her.fd98e076a1454c30
“How did you come all the way here…?”43baa294b6d0351b
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“I came quickly 1538ba48c9 after receiving word 03a959a70d from His Grace. I’m glad 6987f1a3c7 I made 405f1bc296 it in a9077da86c time.”fa4061032b727d34
“Don’t you e372431fc8 have a 2807c01a99 long waiting de6918fa8d list?”7229607b51b5de0c
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Nobles both 7cc6f20f56 in the 632b3554de country and 4050da4a9e abroad made 3e3051e374 reservations for f5dda555ad her dresses f989281534 years in 92c4076d24 advance.7d635975bf07eb1d
There was 882c8d32b6 even a 4bed1a7622 joke that 85f36b83bd if you 8955949274 wanted Madam 0b3abbb15f Corcos to 7784b1de57 make your 0de39be3df debutante dress, 1c64660504 you had 27996ab978 to book 7d780bd92c it the bf2dc6bce9 moment you 67f946cc28 were born.222561976009a326
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Even back when 22a77ec8aa Eleanor was the 596d11e6e7 only duke’s daughter, 3654f5d2dd before Nora became 1761c7cf02 real, she only c98ee26a98 managed to get 53fd641287 one appointment with 0e38a007e6 Madam Corcos.86a97279942085bd
Not that Eleanor had cd8054c145 much interest in fashion, c812c7581f and that one lucky 7089a7ea3e appointment had ended badly b00fd516e4 thanks to Nora, so b9637d3d51 she never tried again 683cea2a8e after that.c17c0ea63c6d9686
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The dresses Eleanor 1cad1533ab had worn since d6cdc9e27d then were made d6ec743018 by other seamstresses abb127ea0c working under Corcos 6acc33e469 Salon.e0a1074562fb0723
Even those were hard c5b07c4705 to book for most af075571ec nobles.b7d3af7668f8bd13
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But it a70b0b8b4b seemed none 3696d13ba2 of this 710b98fb68 mattered to ed02111108 Karsian.b509d60ee77cdfe6
“I’ve canceled everything 01ad15b90d on today’s schedule. I owe His Grace 85cf4a7378 a favor.”5b44fdc85d54980a
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Eleanor glanced 40ae9b3a7b toward Karsian, 921aef141b who stood 6ee2d6ee21 with his c44f341fb5 usual expressionless b3420401ec face.c907a40ff6957aac
‘Does he just fae19bc5e9 like making people aa2163af37 owe him?’bd93f1113b6162de
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He had called 7a9d2fa0c6 Madam Corcos over 5ba4aa0c14 and didn’t even 280eaec36f try to take 1d3a8ce168 credit for it.f0b08b760ee59b14
If it were Arlo, 108d1ea64e he would’ve bragged about 79fb2fcae1 it for at least a280c57326 a month.5add4d83c0a1361b
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“And I wanted to 7c8caabd29 meet you too, Lady d10b0ac6f9 Eleanor.”8a1180cc5858c21d
“Me?”a269e46da5e53e1f
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“Yes. I heard my atelier ee78cc38c9 staff were rude to ef07cb154f you. I wanted to apologize fdfd3f1c43 in person. I’m sorry, Lady Eleanor.”8e6f7bc30cb6adde
She must be referring 840d949ada to the time they 86681dd865 rejected the reservation.0674596e81b920a1
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Eleanor shook her 55968b77a9 head lightly.3cf1e396a93689d3
“You don’t need to 0be8cee02c apologize, Madam. Anyone else d07115a595 would’ve done bd5d19baac the same.”9ad798b62bbc0ecc
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“I won’t c027ba53e9 deny it. It’s reality—we have to 329eb41482 be careful to keep 996370ddb1 operating in the capital 31c1e96300 of Juvenile.”b764d6fec77a3119
Eleanor didn’t b0b13b65b9 need to b09dcc549c ask how 5d06d1cb85 much pressure f6d5d5792f Arlo and b8229a0f39 Damian must’ve f905dc39d6 put on e8b22ff638 them.71ea4c2688a97cb7
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For a business that 91272f9611 relied on favor from 972b7dee3c the imperial family, it 71234d9ab7 was a natural decision.4121e4b9c1e5d8e5
“But I’m 9d86ddd79a not someone c3d1eb7cb6 who can e80739c895 live with 11dc6c1063 unpaid debts. I think I’ve been 315749f455 given a chance to c7e518bdcc repay two debts at bb12c8f21a once, so I dropped f00f39b792 everything and came.”60a8ce5000e016cb
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Madam Corcos smiled 1f9c75a070 warmly at Eleanor.b7a25f5be91e2f3a
Clap, clap!6794d2ad4f9e70fa
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She clapped her e5c7d7993c hands, and maids d798662808 brought in all 6c88843f9a kinds of dresses 7624e2ebff and fabrics into fccd6cd592 the drawing room.04e62399dd06b227
There was 01ff9a76fe so much 399449aa97 that the 17ac320bc0 townhouse’s parlor 25bbafc384 instantly transformed bc59c17422 into something a9debb40b7 resembling a b570e99d15 high-end boutique.ca63541ed6d2733e
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“I heard you a60d15e8c0 need the dress b9b68c670a within two weeks. I’ll make it for 901a238dc4 you.”b0cc54595a3fb322
Ah…54cf16c09276e597
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Hilda, standing behind Eleanor, 854cd610fd let out a soft 9f68f5aa54 moan.18f925dbd3b3b536
She looked 3e418d69a9 like she b5260a4eeb was about 5a8b9535a9 to cry 9ead6945d2 from joy.47678da3c4af8c9e
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Her deepest wish—no, something c22d8e1e28 even better—had come true.2f6de7462361da81
It couldn’t get 5f130aa37e any more wonderful 325560329b than this.19faab8ca22d9b21
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“Madam, please reconsider. If people find out 9a521f9ab2 that I wore a 141ecabc1e Corcos dress, it could bb8b59b3ff cause you serious loss.”68e3ca908a1963e6
Unlike Hilda, Eleanor ca3515807f couldn’t just be c7014e1647 happy.95fd649f3d29a5be
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She was worried that 7b43c46fdd Corcos might suffer consequences 2d7e8c2c28 after this.c95b81718cf2ff74
But Madam Corcos didn’t f6f587380b seem the least bit 69f2a7ab66 concerned.06cf2ab10756f50a
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“Well, then we’ll a05a471697 just make sure d1f15880e3 no one finds 90e5cbe3ac out.”1886ac56ab94dfdd
“Even if a35d387ea2 I don’t 0fd359a2a1 go around bd03510c14 telling people, d066d9f47a it’s hard 90ed9636fd not to e921881c2d recognize your 9f9f28dcd4 craftsmanship. It’s just too 8d16417680 distinct.”a6088411eddf1861
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“Hohoho, thank you for 06c0cf2e18 the compliment. Hearing that in 7050e54203 such a serious 7136633a70 tone makes me 2a92ed3b81 even happier. But really, you don’t a8639a8d65 need to worry. Lady Eleanor, I never 080483f66d take on a deal 67a7b0e669 that I’ll lose from.”f27fa7d29725afda
That didn’t make 99ef840d26 much sense.663df938221bea05
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Instead of 52989765d9 explaining further, d9ad060280 she simply 6329a23cf6 gave Karsian 6d4dae2471 a meaningful 7a958c98a1 glance.0b8696c6070cc63d
Did she mean he 3b982ab887 was going to pay 6f47ade685 a high price to 1e112dcff5 make up for the 9b688e5f3d risk?f6eb140ef236077a
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Even if Karsian 03b0aa2d2f paid a huge 5119e41d63 amount for the 1018e3db5b dress, it still 74c4ed9348 seemed too risky.b9611d7109bc0b1a
This wasn’t the kind 1db55b5008 of loss money alone 12fb0e781e could fix.414c18b656c4afc0
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As if reading Eleanor’s e6ae08ad6b thoughts, Madam Corcos added,e9ceac76b9eac643
“A true businessperson 0c05b243fd sometimes has to d227788f4e take a gamble a011bd7e68 even when they 543d417f28 know it’s risky. This is one 8ec254b54e of those moments 4f44cbd581 for me. It’s an investment. I made the decision, 199930172d so you don’t need 29761f235e to worry.”5724d221ba19f225
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“If you say a96fdd58c4 so… I understand.”be27422a279a45ac
After thinking it 9f7190f18f over for a 5015b7d801 while, Eleanor slowly 2ddb1a4609 nodded.2f41e9b32b4f8563
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At the same 75b9ae7a56 time, Hilda let 073c799254 out a cheer 7c41240a43 she could no 2318af5601 longer hold back.b9d54f53e32fe24c
“Kkya-ho!”a19c7110d9b254ff
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“Hilda!”f884a419ebb8bfc5
“I’m sorry, 73acd64afa my lady! But I’m 01dc597229 just so 9eba1e06cb happy!”2a21f3d56c526ab1
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It was a good 70c86c4bb5 thing Eleanor stopped her d1b2cb3666 in time—otherwise, Hilda might’ve 483c5a0b2f started dancing on the 47e70c3e04 spot.f2e576affeb173fc
“Hohoho, it’s nice 02161211e5 to see such ea93525c70 energy! Now then, 43be3ca71e shall we dc10cd59b9 get started? Gracie! Bring me the 828b4bb2e1 fabric samples over 278eca4e23 there!”1813de3b6dceb073
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“Ah, Madam. Could you wait just 81ccaa85ed a moment? I have a3915319af something to 803c032951 say to 8d203b5b23 His Grace.”aff0e4212a365d28
“Of course, a98e4b1f86 I’ll be 61d1e34ddd getting things 203e9a588d ready.”ef442d266b338213
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When the 8b55b12c7d conversation ended, 4e3af9d956 Eleanor turned 4d501f40a0 and made bb33350c82 eye contact a51e69ab56 with Karsian.e02e4cf50251757a
Even from where she d61fea13bb stood, he would’ve heard 60f6194716 her just fine. Still, Eleanor moved closer d156a6982f to him. This wasn’t something be425fae3c others needed to 523b7a4d01 hear.f23b0b3c0ca4625c
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The closer 6e245e8f04 she got, 9da0777144 the more 536fedfaa2 Karsian’s expression 9998b3ac83 darkened.9035cc1e54f330ec
‘And he says 93de744d92 he doesn’t dislike c09fde326b me.’4a88c952a0af8219
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Eleanor held back a de02f5a758 snort and stopped at 17113cdbda a reasonable distance.27895f4daf25d0d2
“Your Grace, I have af8f6bfc03 a favor to ask.”835064c188e799ec
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“…Go ahead.”7e1d9fffeab5a7eb
“Would it be 40a35d186c okay to spend 551c35006e a bit more? About twice as 17cfb835e9 much as you b9236724e0 expected.”19bd23c8fbd0ea90
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It was as 872dda3c07 direct as a c4f4e7eb33 request could be.7bfa951099edf8c6
Anyone overhearing 6df11f98fc might think 554045bbbc she was 9b113ddb0c shameless, but 4d7a564968 Eleanor fluttered 1633b64854 her lashes bec5cd1b70 calmly.4d7d2ae36df32caf
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‘Since I’m already 1c6edff535 indebted, I might 9183cd61e9 as well use d0542eeda3 the opportunity to 97cd52afb5 its fullest.’f82a177f7c72164c
Hadn’t he 0e417261e1 said it 28fa5bc753 himself?c84773aa7011bcbc
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To not refuse his 62fd271586 help and to feel dbd0e9ac0b free to use what 727422edee he had.5406d03608312cbe
It wasn’t pleasant, but f2b8815b59 she intended to accept 85e67a6725 that offer.2d1b4a57bd46b1c3
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“Of course. But… may I ca0ae49866 also ask a c97a414634 favor in return?”6199eba4b5a54cd0
“Yes, of course.”660166f0e15c1578
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She truly welcomed 094d3b35a0 that. A relationship 5c7ac29466 with give a8e9d7aa28 and take 90b1d8b8ce was always 2fb6532ce9 better than f07d55ea9e one-sided support.22c3887f20064785
“…Not now. I’ll tell you later, when the time is right.”3e1a9cba5edebc08
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Unfortunately, Karsian left her 850104eec1 hanging again. Eleanor crossed 6925e2b0e0 her arms 727cfbf184 and looked c2d55e3a8a up at 7495357f20 him in a1d9a41fca disapproval.ba86f683b18e1ad1
“If it cec1aaf39b turns out 3033f12ffc to be f7766f38b7 something outrageous 6939307ee9 later, that’ll 4dccde8ad0 be a a3bafa2992 problem.”948722a9c90397cd
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“You can 663b9aa229 refuse then, 45bddcad37 if it 970aff0bee is.”73a905eed8848f57
“…Your Grace, 3a432c2273 I don’t 0a7507814f think business ee00a2d2d1 is your 02c9e94a57 thing.”db15bafa7155c4de
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You’d only lose money b5603ed402 and fail.12457d6c1c8721f1
She gave him sincere 5646b313cd advice.9ff2ca4f426330bf
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“…Well, my only customer rarely visits anyway. I’ve been thinking of closing my boutique.”52f24e1d7faa0a90
Eleanore’s eyes widened at f582f295a6 the sudden comment.1e29d04bea820241
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It took her a 3662b4f8ba few seconds to understand eb1f850846 what he meant.a369964e00f9cf50
[Do you not have any use for my services?]
[“No, Not right now. I’ll contact you again when I need a dress.”]
He was talking about e99b945191 the letter they had 7517875b4e exchanged.a6a581959d24823e
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‘So he can make jokes.’a3619d3e902e55fd
To think he could df38173609 joke with such a e4173586b2 serious face. It really didn’t 5a5efe1794 suit him.90295c88d47c1e2a
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“Haha. Yes, go 31788125c2 ahead and 7464aea2d8 close the a81ee6bfa9 shop for 1b0d03d019 good,” Eleanor c27c96fac2 said, unable 5b8f133da1 to hold b121377de3 back a b3954e1abc small laugh.2a9521ecc5711945
The man she had e7de0d0b46 always found difficult suddenly 9fedaf5c96 seemed a little cute a97993ba08 for the first time.4df81f86f467fc5c
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After the short conversation 31a3791cc5 with Karsian, Eleanor returned 2c3ddf9190 to Madame Corcos.0f38c5a294d94c06
Her face, now up 0c32cb51ab close, seemed somewhat flushed—similar b40f698a76 to Hilda’s.f813d5f3afe5dd5d
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“I’m glad that maid 24599c57d7 from last time isn’t 7e64f33fdb here today.”c719bd1cfc315dc5
That maid. The one Madame Corcos 9efe7131e5 was referring to was ee9e2e7aea none other than Nora.9b02335f6240ede6
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From the casual d19cc09c99 way she mentioned de7f2f557d her, it seemed b44aa9c868 she didn’t know f24f3ab1e8 the rumored “real 9d24dfeaa8 noble lady” was a4d026fc6e actually Nora.95cae306d543a524
“That day… There 0b6bd233a7 were many issues. I’m sorry 617a8dfde9 about that, 4572cd9def Madame.”86570663440a37da
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“No, not 1aac689d21 at all. The one who had 4c61439bb7 it the hardest was 5485938f00 you, Lady Eleanor. Neither I nor that 0fa1080412 maid were willing to 696bac4a2c back down.”9a7447d317c6e783
That was certainly 91dcc5978a true.37324b00f231fd7e
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It happened a 8d0ed1de56 few years ago, e778c0cd9b on the day 687440052a Madame Corcos had c69a848e68 luckily accepted a 04116350ef booking and visited 83ba404901 the duke’s mansion.ca883e6e7bc0b477
Even in 67b6206144 front of 8523d83a97 the nation’s ede1db8906 top dressmaker, 6096b4f7cc Nora stubbornly 117c15cbcf insisted on 9e89d22288 her opinion.aa949c3c082fe2fa
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She claimed that Eleanor, 863887be4c as a noble lady, d1ede8a28c shouldn’t follow trends like fd3849070e everyone else and should 9cc4658c91 wear dresses with big abb2727ad6 shoulder volumes to balance 3483eb4f87 out her slim figure.b4e25ef34445351f
Madame Corcos, 0f7c409e92 however, wasn’t 9b10e9a249 easy to 71427ea68b sway.b58b69abbe4df826
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“There’s no bcde5e0b5f need to 7bba37b4cd blindly follow cf4350ede8 trends, but da63099542 there’s also b5ec3e9953 no reason 74fc678227 to stick 8eb3682b00 to styles c98cb2b84b from fifty 90fdcc68ef years ago.And 2c96eafd09 a dress 3bb1acb63d with that b8dc82097a much volume 521a22c815 won’t make 1d663aa49e a slim e9d2ab0d15 body look 6ffd7d1df4 better—it’ll just abd367bf31 look ridiculous.Is f5da25a05f your maid 6be361d60a trying to 20e22c20c9 make you b0d2c2db86 look like 58a4be753d the clown 3e294589c2 of high 1ac5448b09 society?”9e722d1494671840
Looking back now, c0ad153b39 it seemed Madame 6cba3a8d27 Corcos was the 59cfdf72a7 only one who 106a80d4f9 saw things clearly.c1a7763c37289451
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But unfortunately, 40d13f05e4 Eleanor had d68b5be45f never doubted ff631ce924 Nora back fb0d7e0044 then.9a20e8a33bbf2639
Nora raged, saying it 8e3dd4c1e1 was an insult for c46ac9724d a mere dressmaker to b1323dbf41 mock the noble Lady 53325d030b of Astria.ea145e9ff0b1a87b
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Madame Corcos, in turn, dc71c5c1b1 criticized the maid for 9e90d85c29 acting like she was the aca6066021 noble lady.b308147272e2bd9a
Eleanor was left trying af89cfc9f5 to mediate the situation.95902d2c01886fc7
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In the 79f5941410 end, the da31f2e991 dress they 39e078bfb7 made was b31ddfe6f8 one of 8120d8bb33 the most 72ecdee7d1 elegant and 889a028cab vibrant in 673d5c60c1 Eleanor’s wardrobe.b2fe2808e03fecef
But she rarely c210c1602d got to wear c3330d4f69 it, because Nora 21e0c91fab always acted upset d434a2aa3b when she saw 219ffbde41 it.83b40acb7617afb0
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Eventually, the dress was 5769dca928 found with its skirt a99da425f5 badly torn and had 2ff8628395 to be thrown away 146373e8ed without ever being worn 22a731bb49 properly.a6fd6d296235bbf1
It was 40798dbf7f obvious who edc3200f3c had done 1913e77aea it.10b255a60bf435c3
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“I always regretted it. I couldn’t ab8f7da182 make the 786c9aea7d perfect dress 4ff1dfe76a for you eace42b05c that day, 7cce13de56 Lady Eleanor.But 9363872f4b I’m sure ef1d6a44d1 that when 7f043d4916 you wear a596fb7b91 a dress 89bfa77d1f I make, 21b3190025 you’ll look 7d9c910d82 more beautiful aa9221c4c8 than anyone.It c8a2b31df5 makes me 8179d6dbe9 happy to cde0d0e400 finally have d14a3add84 a chance 6017a04b26 to make 9b8e056221 up for 41ad0ebaff it today.”5f20ec715aedcb60
“Thank you 035b6de40a for saying 176816abda that, Madame.”1a5375673509a0e0
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Eleanor took c6757de7c6 her words 542ad4748e as the df3486136d kind of 33c11a8b50 polite flattery 4e82e5f5fa ladies in 2a39620cea high society ac5e12cdb4 usually said.07a91947027b5171
More beautiful 8c85d2702e than anyone? That wasn’t something a86803c30d she’d ever hoped 32a99080a6 for.609fee445ee2ef75
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Besides, she knew her 0cd8f9bfa3 limits.e8bb19d6b0fdfc7f
Dull and unappealing b6334aa681 Lady Eleanor—that’s what 30b2cd6b75 people often said eced99af19 about her.9684cd5eca470f4c
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“Do you have any ee51e36c9a specific design or style 320005ab84 you want?”9c9e99390b71226e
“Ah, yes. I do.”73b410d194feb309
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When Eleanor nodded, Hilda’s 72c0cc7c85 expression darkened.b388dc90ba025e79
She was worried that 7da10c1a37 her lady’s unusual taste 06a3568eb9 would show itself again.ac7a197c477c3f86
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“What I bfae7b699b want is…”faca0c1559c17cea
d19d8f9374698d99
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