CHAPTER 2
BOOK V · PART XLII
CHAPTER II
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Shaken and very greatly humbled, Mary had let Stephen go from her to Morton. She had not been deceived by Stephen's glib words, and had now no illusions regarding Anna Gordon. Lady Anna, suspecting the truth about them, had not wished to meet her. It was all quite clear, cruelly clear if it came to that matter -- but these thoughts she had mercifully hidden from Stephen.
She had seen Stephen off at the station with a smile: "I'll write every day. Do put on your coat, darling; you don't want to arrive at Morton with a chill. And mind you wire when you get to Dover."