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`` Her ladyship , sir -- Lady Tynemouth . '' Stafford looked at Gleg meditatively for a minute , and then said quietly : `` Let me see , you have been with me sixteen years , Gleg . You 've forgotten me often enough in that time , but you 've never forgotten yourself before . Come to me to-morrow at noon ... . I shall allow you a small pension . Show her ladyship in . '' Gone waxen in face , Gleg crept out of the room .