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[Eleora Etherium]

"Certainly -" Eleora started, and then she gasped as Mrs. Abercrombie turned over her tea. Before she could react, however, Miss Burke was on top of making sure that none of the tea had gotten onto the other woman.

"Dear me, it seems to have ruined your - periodical." Her tone chanegd just slightly as she was reminded just what the other woman had, although she supposed that actually reading the rag was one way to make sure that one was not mentioned disparragingly in it. "None spilled on you, Mrs. Abercrombie? Tea does tend to stain that fabric quite easily."