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The knowledge that she could permit herself such follies had not yet lost its novelty; and somehow, in contrast to the vague apprehensions of the previous days, it now seemed an element of her recovered security, of the sense that, as Ned had said, things in general had never been "righter." THE FACT THAT SHE COULD PERMIT HERSELF SUCH FOLLIES HAD NOT YET LOST ITS NOVELTY AND SOMEHOW IN CONTRAST TO THE VAGUE FEARS OF THE PREVIOUS DAYS IT NOW SEEMED AN ELEMENT OF HER RECOVERED SECURITY OF THE SENSE THAT AS NED HAD SAID THINGS IN GENERAL HAD NEVER BEEN WRIGHTER
d at the same moment her attention was distracted by the approach of the gardener, attended by the bearded pepper-and-salt figure of the boiler-maker from Dorchester. The encounter with this authority led to such far-reaching issues that they resulted in his finding it expedient to ignore his train, and beguiled Mary into spending the remainder of the morning in absorbed confabulation among the greenhouses. She was startled to find, when the colloquy ended, that it was nearly luncheon-time, and she half expected, as she hurried back to the house, to see her husband coming out to meet her. But she found no one in the court but an under-gardener raking the gravel, and the hall, when she entered it, was so silent that she guessed Boyne to be still at work behind the closed door of the library. Not wishing to disturb him, she turned into the drawing-room, and there, at her writing-table, lost herself in renewed calculations of the outlay to which the morning's conference had committed her. HE GARDENER WITH A COMPANION WHO BORE ALL THE MARKS OF BEING THE EXPERT FROM DORCHESTER THIS WAY SHE SAID WAVING THE STRANGER TO THE HOUSE AND AN INSTANT LATER SHE HAD FORGOTTEN HIM IN THE ABSORPTION OF HER MEETING WITH THE BOILER MAKER THE ENCOUNTER LED TO SUCH FAR REACHING RESULTS THAT THE ENGINEER ENDED BY FINDING IT EXPEDIENT TO IGNORE HIS TRAIN AND MARY WAS BEGUILED INTO SPENDING THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING IN ABSORBED CONFABULATION AMONG THE FLOWER POTS WHEN THE COLLOQUY ENDED SHE WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT IT WAS NEARLY LUNCHEON TIME AND SHE HALF EXPECTED AS SHE HURRIED BACK TO THE HOUSE TO SEE HER HUSBAND COMING OUT TO MEET HER BUT SHE FOUND NO ONE IN THE COURT BUT AN UNDER GARDENER RAKING THE GRAVEL AND THE HALL WHEN SHE ENTERED IT WAS SO SILENT THAT SHE GUESSED BOYNE TO BE STILL AT WORK NOT WISHING TO DISTURB HIM SHE TURNED INTO THE DRAWING ROOM AND THERE AT HER WRITING TABLE LOST HERSELF IN RENEWED CALCULATIONS OF THE OUTLAY TO WHICH THE MORNING'S CONFERENCE HAD PLEDGED HER
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