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It was pleasant to come out from the great office building at half past / four to find waiting a motor coupé of the most correct and up-to-date / type. It was still pleasanter to find the car door held open by a / small hand in a grey glove that managed, in spite of its smallness and / other occupation, to give a welcoming pat with two fingers on Cicely's / shoulder as she entered the car; to meet a warm smile in a pair of / appraising eyes, and hear a beautiful voice say heartily:
"Well, child, the morning and the evening were the first day! Was this / first one hard, or was it rather agreeable to pick up the threads / again?"