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`` Your ladyship 's butler , '' replied she . `` He comes to know whether the dejeuner a la fourchette is to be served in the boudoir or in the banqueting-hall . '' `` Let it be in the banqueting-hall , for I may have several guests . '' `` The steward ordered it for one o'clock , my lady . He said that you expected some guests of distinction . '' `` My steward ? '' repeated Lucretia , smiling .