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Still, since no life can completely defend itself from the unforeseen, it was evident that all Boyne's precautions would sooner or later prove unavailable, and Mary concluded that he had cut short a tiresome visit by walking with his caller to the station, or at least accompanying him for part of the way. This conclusion relieved her from farther preoccupation, and she went out herself to take up her conference with the gardener. STILL SINCE NO LIFE CAN COMPLETELY DEFEND ITSELF FROM THE UNFORESEEN IT WAS EVIDENT THAT ALL BOYNE'S PRECAUTIONS WOULD SOONER OR LATER PROVE UNAVAILABLE AND MARY CONCLUDED THAT HE HAD CUT SHORT A TIRESOME VISIT BY WALKING WITH HIS CALLER TO THE STATION OR AT LEAST ACCOMPANYING HIM FOR PART OF THE WAY THIS CONCLUSION RELIEVED HER FROM FURTHER PREOCCUPATION AND SHE WENT OUT HERSELF TO TAKE UP HER CONFERENCE WITH THE GARDENER
nd when it was over, and Trimmle had brought the coffee to the drawing-room, her wonder had deepened to a first faint tinge of disquietude. It was unlike Boyne to absent himself without explanation at so unwonted an hour, and the difficulty of identifying the visitor whose summons he had apparently obeyed made his disappearance the more unaccountable. Mary Boyne's experience as the wife of a busy engineer, subject to sudden calls and compelled to keep irregular hours, had trained her to the philosophic acceptance of surprises; but since Boyne's withdrawal from business he had adopted a Benedictine regularity of life. As if to make up for the dispersed and agitated years, with their "stand-up" lunches and dinners rattled down to the joltings of the dining-car, he cultivated the last refinements of punctuality and monotony, discouraging his wife's fancy for the unexpected; and declaring that to a delicate taste there were infinite gradations of pleasure in the fixed recurrences of habit. EON STILL WONDERING AND WHEN IT WAS OVER AND TRIMMEL HAD BROUGHT THE COFFEE TO THE DRAWING ROOM HER WONDER HAD DEEPENED TO A FIRST FAINT TINGE OF DISQUIETUDE IT WAS UNLIKE BOYNE TO ABSENT HIMSELF WITHOUT EXPLANATION AT SO UNWONTED AN HOUR AND THE DIFFICULTY OF IDENTIFYING THE VISITOR WHOSE SUMMONS HE HAD APPARENTLY OBEYED MADE HIS DISAPPEARANCE THE MORE UNACCOUNTABLE MARY BOYNE'S EXPERIENCE AS THE WIFE OF A BUSY ENGINEER SUBJECT TO SUDDEN CALLS AND COMPELLED TO KEEP IRREGULAR HOURS HAD TRAINED HER TO THE PHILOSOPHIC ACCEPTANCE OF SURPRISES BUT SINCE BOYNE'S WITHDRAWAL FROM BUSINESS HE HAD ADOPTED A BENEDICTINE REGULARITY OF LIFE AS IF TO MAKE UP FOR THE DISPERSED AND AGITATED YEARS WITH THEIR STAND UP LUNCHES AND DINNERS RATTLED DOWN TO THE JOLTINGS OF THE DINING CARS HE CULTIVATED THE LAST REFINEMENTS OF PUNCTUALITY AND MONOTONY DISCOURAGING HIS WIFE'S FANCY FOR THE UNEXPECTED AND DECLARING THAT TO A DELICATE TASTE THERE WERE INFINITE GRADATIONS OF PLEASURE IN THE RECURRENCES OF HABIT
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