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           LadyBrutonherselfpreferredRichardDalloway,whoarrivedatthenextmoment.Indeedtheymetonthedoorstep.

           LadyBrutonpreferredRichardDallowayofcourse.Hewasmadeofmuchfinermaterial.Butshewouldn’tletthemrundownherpoordearHugh.Shecouldneverforgethiskindness—hehadbeenreallyremarkablykind—sheforgotpreciselyuponwhatoccasion.Buthehadbeen—remarkablykind.Anyhow,thedifferencebetweenonemanandanotherdoesnotamounttomuch.Shehadneverseenthesenseofcuttingpeopleup,asClarissaDallowaydid—cuttingthemupandstickingthemtogetheragain;notatanyratewhenonewassixty-two.ShetookHugh’scarnationswithherangulargrimsmile.Therewasnobodyelsecoming,shesaid.Shehadgotthemthereonfalsepretences,tohelpheroutofadifficulty—

           “Butletuseatfirst,”shesaid.