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"
I
tell
you
I
know
nothing
,
"
she
said
,
in
reply
to
my
agitated
questions
,
and
then
,
with
an
airy
shrug
of
the
shoulders
:
"
I
believe
that
a
young
person
in
a
city
tea
-
shop
has
left
her
situation
.
"
She
flashed
a
smile
at
me
,
and
,
protesting
an
engagement
with
her
dentist
,
jauntily
walked
on
.
I
was
more
interested
than
distressed
.
In
those
days
my
experience
of
life
at
first
hand
was
small
,
and
it
excited
me
to
come
upon
an
incident
among
people
I
knew
of
the
same
sort
as
I
had
read
in
books
.
I
confess
that
time
has
now
accustomed
me
to
incidents
of
this
character
among
my
acquaintance
.
But
I
was
a
little
shocked
.
Strickland
was
certainly
forty
,
and
I
thought
it
disgusting
that
a
man
of
his
age
should
concern
himself
with
affairs
of
the
heart
.
With
the
superciliousness
of
extreme
youth
,
I
put
thirty
-
five
as
the
utmost
limit
at
which
a
man
might
fall
in
love
without
making
a
fool
of
himself
.
And
this
news
was
slightly
disconcerting
to
me
personally
,
because
I
had
written
from
the
country
to
Mrs
.
Strickland
,
announcing
my
return
,
and
had
added
that
unless
I
heard
from
her
to
the
contrary
,
I
would
come
on
a
certain
day
to
drink
a
dish
of
tea
with
her
.
This
was
the
very
day
,
and
I
had
received
no
word
from
Mrs
.
Strickland
.
Did
she
want
to
see
me
or
did
she
not
?
It
was
likely
enough
that
in
the
agitation
of
the
moment
my
note
had
escaped
her
memory
.
Perhaps
I
should
be
wiser
not
to
go
.
On
the
other
hand
,
she
might
wish
to
keep
the
affair
quiet
,
and
it
might
be
highly
indiscreet
on
my
part
to
give
any
sign
that
this
strange
news
had
reached
me
.
I
was
torn
between
the
fear
of
hurting
a
nice
woman
’
s
feelings
and
the
fear
of
being
in
the
way
.
I
felt
she
must
be
suffering
,
and
I
did
not
want
to
see
a
pain
which
I
could
not
help
;
but
in
my
heart
was
a
desire
,
that
I
felt
a
little
ashamed
of
,
to
see
how
she
was
taking
it
.
I
did
not
know
what
to
do
.
Finally
it
occurred
to
me
that
I
would
call
as
though
nothing
had
happened
,
and
send
a
message
in
by
the
maid
asking
Mrs
.
Strickland
if
it
was
convenient
for
her
to
see
me
.
This
would
give
her
the
opportunity
to
send
me
away
.
But
I
was
overwhelmed
with
embarrassment
when
I
said
to
the
maid
the
phrase
I
had
prepared
,
and
while
I
waited
for
the
answer
in
a
dark
passage
I
had
to
call
up
all
my
strength
of
mind
not
to
bolt
.
The
maid
came
back
.
Her
manner
suggested
to
my
excited
fancy
a
complete
knowledge
of
the
domestic
calamity
.
"
Will
you
come
this
way
,
sir
?
"
she
said
.
I
followed
her
into
the
drawing
-
room
.
The
blinds
were
partly
drawn
to
darken
the
room
,
and
Mrs
.
Strickland
was
sitting
with
her
back
to
the
light
.
Her
brother
-
in
-
law
,
Colonel
MacAndrew
,
stood
in
front
of
the
fireplace
,
warming
his
back
at
an
unlit
fire
.
To
myself
my
entrance
seemed
excessively
awkward
.
I
imagined
that
my
arrival
had
taken
them
by
surprise
,
and
Mrs
.
Strickland
had
let
me
come
in
only
because
she
had
forgotten
to
put
me
off
.
I
fancied
that
the
Colonel
resented
the
interruption
.
"
I
wasn
’
t
quite
sure
if
you
expected
me
,
"
I
said
,
trying
to
seem
unconcerned
.
"
Of
course
I
did
.
Anne
will
bring
the
tea
in
a
minute
.
"
Even
in
the
darkened
room
,
I
could
not
help
seeing
that
Mrs
.
Strickland
’
s
face
was
all
swollen
with
tears
.
Her
skin
,
never
very
good
,
was
earthy
.
