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A week before her marriage Mary fell into one of her panic moods. Everything that could be bought had been bought; she was ready to the last tin of nail polish; she was sleek, plump and perfumed. Nothing was left for her to do but to sit down and wait.
She realized that she was marrying a stranger. The wheels of her triumphal car wobbled and quivered, and her pretty self came down in agitation at Clare's feet.