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She looked at him, lips compressed.
Then, with a shrug of pretended indifference, she took a compact from her purse and went through the motions of fixing her make-up.
In his mood, it was the best way to handle him ; ;
that is, to show no curiosity whatsoever.
Otherwise, she would be baited into a tantrum -- teased and provoked until she lost control of herself, and thus lost still another battle in the maddening struggle of Tom Lord Vs. Joyce Lakewood.

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