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John went back to town, telling himself that all had gone as well as he had expected. He had done his duty. He had told Stephen his news, and they had parted friends. Yet all the time he was conscious of an undercurrent of disconcerting thoughts.
Louise met him at the station, and he fancied that her expression, too, although she welcomed him gaily enough, was a little anxious.