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           MadamedeChantellestillremainedinvisibleabovestairs;butDarrowhadtheimpressionthateventhroughherdrawncurtainsandbolteddoorsastimulatingwhiffmusthaveentered.

           Annawasinherusualseatbehindthetea-tray,andSophyVinerpresentlyledinherpupil.Owenwasalsothere,seated,asusual,alittleapartfromtheothers,andfollowingMissPainter’smassivemovementsandequallysubstantialutteranceswithasmileofsecretintelligencewhichgaveDarrowtheideaofhishavingbeeninclandestineparleywiththeenemy.Darrowfurthertooknotethatthegirlandhersuitorperceptiblyavoidedeachother;butthismightbeanaturalresultofthetensionMissPainterhadbeensummonedtorelieve.

           SophyVinerwouldevidentlypermitnorecognitionofthesituationsavethatwhichitlaywithMadamedeChantelletoaccord;butmeanwhileMissPainterhadproclaimedhertacitsenseofitbysummoningthegirltoaseatatherside.

           Darrow,ashecontinuedtoobservethenewcomer,whowasperchedonherarm-chairlikeagraniteimageontheedgeofacliff,wasawarethat,inamoredetachedframeofmind,hewouldhavefoundanextremeinterestinstudyingandclassifyingMissPainter.Itwasnotthatshesaidanythingremarkable,orbetrayedanyofthoseunspokenperceptionswhichgivesignificancetothemostcommonplaceutterances.

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