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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. 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
t 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. 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. FERENCE 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 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
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