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She turned back to the parlor maid. "Mr. Boyne must be up stairs. Please tell him that luncheon is ready." SHE TURNED BACK TO THE PARLOURMAID MISTER BOURNE MUST BE UPSTAIRS PLEASE TELL HIM THAT LUNCHEON IS READY
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. 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. 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.  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 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 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
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