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`` Ma'am , '' returned Mrs. Cadogan with immense dignity , `` I have no learning , and from what the young man 's afther telling me that brought it from Aussolas , I 'd sooner yerself read it for me than thim gerrls . '' My wife opened the envelope , and drew forth a gilt-edged sheet of pink paper . `` Miss Margaret Nolan presents her compliments to Mrs. Cadogan , '' she read , `` and I have the pleasure of telling you that the servants of Aussolas is inviting you and Mr. Peter Cadogan , Miss Mulrooney , and Miss Gallagher '' -- Philippa 's voice quavered perilously -- `` to a dance on next Wednesday . Dancing to begin at seven o'clock , and to go on till five . -- Yours affectionately , MAGGIE NOLAN . '' `` How affectionate she is ! '' snorted Mrs. Cadogan ; `` them 's Dublin manners , I dare say ! ''