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She was dining out that night with both Selina and Lionel – a conjunction that was rather rare. She was by no means always invited with them, and Selina constantly went without her husband. Appearances, however, sometimes got a sop thrown them; three or four times a month Lionel and she entered the brougham together like people who still had forms, who still said ‘my dear’. This was to be one of those occasions, and Mrs Berrington’s young unmarried sister was included in the invitation.