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That morning had been one of great mental distress to Margaret Leferre. Three times she had taken up the telephone to call Luke; three times she had put down the instrument. And then Mr Danty Morell had called. Almost she did not receive him.
She was in that state of mind when his appearance gave an ugliness to reality of which she would rather have remained unconscious.