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She called her into the big drawing-room ; and while Loftus and Mabel accurately measured out a new tennis-court , asked her daughter many and various questions . `` She has really gone away , mother , '' said Catherine in conclusion . `` I went to the lodge early this morning , and Tester told me that she got up early , and took a bit of bread in her pocket ; but she would not even wait for a cup of tea . Tester said she was out of the house by six o'clock . She washed herself well first , though , and Mrs. Tester said that she came out of her bath as fair as a lily , and her hair shining like red gold . I thought last night , mother , '' concluded Catherine , `` that Josephine must be a pretty girl . I should like to have seen her this morning when her hair shone and her face was like a lily . ''