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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. 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
e to ask if he had come from a distance, and to offer, in that case, to inquire if her husband could receive him. But as the thought occurred to her he passed out of sight behind a pyramidal yew, and 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.   ADDED THE LAST PHRASE EXCEPT FROM A VAGUE IMPULSE TO ATONE FOR HER PREVIOUS INHOSPITALITY THE VISITOR SEEMED ABOUT TO EXPRESS HIS THANKS BUT HER ATTENTION WAS DISTRACTED BY THE APPROACH OF THE 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 
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