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Her bosom rose and fell in agitation . `` Oh , Moll , Moll , Moll ! '' she exclaimed , fearfully . `` He has been at Portsmouth 's since high noon . I could see it in his eyes . '' Her own eyes snapped as she thought of the hated French rival , whom she had not yet seen , but whose relation to the royal household , as she thought , gave her the King 's ear almost at will . She walked nervously back and forth , then turned quickly upon her companion , asking her , who knew nothing , a hundred questions , all in one little breath .