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"I'm sure I don't know. Nothing is the matter 

 that I am aware of specially." 



" Well, now, see here," said Mr French, taking 

 a seat close by, " I thought, maybe, you seemed 

 so silent, that something had gone wrong, or I'd 

 done something that displeased you. If I have, 

 just let me know it." 



Miss Grimshaw had risen erect and now she 

 was making for the door. 



" I don't know what you call wrong. I call 

 subterfuge wrong. Perhaps I am mistaken; 

 it's all a matter of opinion, I suppose — but, 

 anyhow, it is not worth discussing." 



Then she was gone, leaving the astonished Mr 

 French to amuse himseK with the problem of how 

 he had employed subterfuge, and against whom. 



She did not appear at supper, alleging aheadache. 



She went to bed at nine. 



