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Mary consulted the clock. "Where is he, then?" MARY CONSULTED THE CLOCK WHERE IS HE THEN
ry door. It was still closed, and she wavered in her turn, disliking to disturb her husband, yet anxious that he should not exceed his normal measure of work. As she stood there, balancing her impulses, the esoteric Trimmle returned with the announcement of luncheon, and Mary, thus impelled, opened the door and went into the library. Boyne was not at his desk, and she peered about her, expecting to discover him at the book-shelves, somewhere down the length of the room; but her call brought no response, and gradually it became clear to her that he was not in the library. She turned back to the parlor-maid. "Mr. Boyne must be up-stairs. Please tell him that luncheon is ready." The parlor-maid appeared to hesitate between the obvious duty of obeying orders and an equally obvious conviction of the foolishness of the injunction laid upon her. The struggle resulted in her saying doubtfully, "If you please, Madam, Mr. Boyne's not up-stairs." "Not in his room? Are you sure?" "I'm sure, Madam. NDED DOWN THE PASSAGE AND MARY PUSHING AWAY HER PAPERS CROSSED THE HALL AND WENT TO THE LIBRARY DOOR IT WAS STILL CLOSED AND SHE WAVERED IN HER TURN DISLIKING TO DISTURB HER HUSBAND YET ANXIOUS THAT HE SHOULD NOT EXCEED HIS USUAL MEASURE OF WORK AS SHE STOOD THERE BALANCING HER IMPULSES TRIMMLE RETURNED WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF LUNCHEON AND MARY THUS IMPELLED OPENED THE LIBRARY DOOR BOYNE WAS NOT AT HIS DESK AND SHE PEERED ABOUT HER EXPECTING TO DISCOVER HIM BEFORE THE BOOKSHELVES SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE ROOM BUT HER CALL BROUGHT NO RESPONSE AND GRADUALLY IT BECAME CLEAR TO HER THAT HE WAS NOT THERE SHE TURNED BACK TO THE PARLOURMAID MISTER BOURNE MUST BE UPSTAIRS PLEASE TELL HIM THAT LUNCHEON IS READY TRIMMLE APPEARED TO HESITATE BETWEEN THE OBVIOUS DUTY OF OBEDIENCE AND AN EQUALLY OBVIOUS CONVICTION OF THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE INJUNCTION LAID ON HER THE STRUGGLE RESULTED IN HER SAYING IF YOU PLEASE MA'AM MISTER BOURNE'S NOT UP STAIRS NOT IN HIS ROOM ARE YOU SURE I'M SURE MA'AM
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