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It was almost a week later that Sara began to suspect that Gareth's happiness might have strange foundations. She had gone next door, to the Rayners', with a remnant of silk which she had bought on Molly's behalf. It was after dinner and Mrs. Rayner, foiled of her bridge by the defection of the schoolmistresses, was considering patterns of coats and wondering delightfully which would suit her best. She still thought of herself as slim, and found it difficult to discard a style she liked because she was "a little too plump for it." Sara asked where Molly was.
"Up in her bedroom, I think. She's always in her bedroom nowadays. Headaches, she says. When I was her age I never had headaches. What do you think of this for line? Rather nice, don't you think? I like that flare there."