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Dorothy felt both annoyed and hurt. Why had he run away from her like that? was she not his partner? It was mean of him to rob her of the immediate fruit of their triumph, and prevent her from showing everybody that she was entitled to a measure of his glory. There was a lot of the woman in Lady Dorothy. But perhaps he was waiting for her outside the hall. She hurried to her father and drew him from the press. "A headache," she said.
Cawthorne was not to be seen either in the courtyard or the street. Her head began to ache really; she sighingly accounted for it as a judgment on her fib. The Marquis assisted her within the pony carriage, and excused himself. "Greig wants me. There are a lot of papers that as chairman of the meeting, I should sign. But John will drive you home, dear. Take my advice and go to bed. That excitement was too much for you, I am afraid."