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She felt Trimmle wavering expressively on the threshold as if in rebuke of such offhand acquiescence; then her retreating steps sounded down the passage, and Mary, pushing away her papers, crossed the hall, and went to the library door. SHE FELT TRIMMLE WAVERING DOUBTFULLY ON THE THRESHOLD AS IF IN REBUKE OF SUCH UNCONSIDERED ASSENT THEN HER RETREATING STEPS SOUNDED DOWN THE PASSAGE AND MARY PUSHING AWAY HER PAPERS CROSSED THE HALL AND WENT TO THE LIBRARY DOOR
ner 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. 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." She was still luxuriating in a lavish play of figures when the parlor-maid, from the threshold, roused her with a dubiously worded inquiry as to the expediency of serving luncheon. It was one of their jokes that Trimmle announced luncheon as if she were divulging a state secret, and Mary, intent upon her papers, merely murmured an absent-minded assent. O 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 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 SHE WAS STILL LUXURIATING IN A LAVISH PLAY OF FIGURES WHEN THE PARLOR MAID FROM THE THRESHOLD ROUSED HER WITH AN INQUIRY AS TO THE EXPEDIENCY OF SERVING LUNCHEON IT WAS ONE OF THEIR JOKES THAT TRIMMLE ANNOUNCED LUNCHEON AS IF SHE WERE DIVULGING A STATE SECRET AND MARY INTENT UPON HER PAPERS MERELY MURMURED AN ABSENT MINDED ASSENT
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