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Mrs. Powers mounted the stairs under Mrs. Saunders' curious eyes. The older woman had been cold, almost rude, but Mrs. Powers had won her point, and choosing Cecily's door from her mother's directions she knocked.
After a while she knocked again and called: "Miss Saunders."