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Alex became more and more unhappy.
It was evident that Lady Isabel felt hardly any pleasure now in taking her daughter about with her, and the consciousness of not being approved rendered Alex more self-conscious and less sure of herself than ever.
It was inevitable that one or two of her mother's more intimate friends should know