As she worked , the door opened and Vivienne LeMar walked or , rather , reeled into the room . Estella dropped the book she held and gazed at her as one in a dream . The actress 's face was flushed and her hair was wildly disordered . Her eyes glittered with an unearthly light . She was talking incoherently . The air was heavy with the fumes of brandy . Estella laughed hysterically . Vivienne LeMar was grossly intoxicated . This woman whom Spencer Morgan worshipped , for whom he had forsaken her , was reeling about the room , laughing idiotically , talking wildly in a thick voice . If he could but see her now ! Estella turned white with the passion of the wild idea that had come to her . Spencer Morgan should see this woman in her true colours . She lost no time . Swiftly she left the room and locked the door behind her on the maudlin , babbling creature inside . Then she flung a shawl over her head and ran from the house . It was not far to the Morgan homestead . She ran all the way , hardly knowing what she was doing . Mrs. Morgan answered her knock . She gazed in bewilderment at Estella 's wild face . `` I want Spencer , '' said the girl through her white lips .
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