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About five o'clock on the afternoon of the day following Esmond's confession, Guy Spencer rang the bell at Mrs L'Estrange's flat in Elsinore Gardens.
The decorous-looking butler opened the door. He seemed to wear a sad and chastened demeanour, as if overborne with the tragic events of the previous night. Of course, all servants know what is going on in the house of their employers. A scandal such as this must have quickly penetrated to them.