Richard, Dehan: Born : 1863 Jun 3 Co Cork, Ireland: Died : 1932 Dec 3 Hatch End, London, England
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Lady Jane Pegram sat at the centre-table with the ledger and day-books of the defunct business before her. She wore a frowning aspect. The other members of the company were scattered about the room in various attitudes, expressive of different degrees of limp depression, and a plausible person in black silk raiment the irreproachably respectable lady manageress, under whose auspices the United Gentlewomens Work Emporium had first opened its shutters: those shutters now sealed for ever upon Kensington High Streetwas in the act of taking a final leave.
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Lady Jane Pegram sat at the centre-table with the ledger and day-books of the defunct business before her. She wore a frowning aspect. The other members of the company were scattered about the room in various attitudes, expressive of different degrees of limp depression, and a plausible person in black silk raiment the irreproachably respectable lady manageress, under whose auspices the United Gentlewomens Work Emporium had first opened its shutters: those shutters now sealed for ever upon Kensington High Streetwas in the act of taking a final leave.