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Lady Eustace told such stories about her . '' `` Do you know , I think I shall rather like it . '' But things were very different with Lucy the next morning . That discussion in Lady Fawn 's room was protracted till midnight , and then it was decided that just a word should be said to Lucy , so that , if possible , she might be induced to remain at Fawn Court . Lady Fawn was to say the word , and on the following morning she was closeted with Lucy . `` My dear , '' she began , `` we all want you to do us a particular favour . '' As she said this , she held Lucy by the hand , and no one looking at them would have thought that Lucy was a governess and that Lady Fawn was her employer .