She had always laughed at the warning with unfeigned amusement . This time it did not amuse her -- it irritated her a little . Who wanted to philander ? `` Do n't be such a goose , Ellen , '' she said with unaccustomed shortness as she took her lamp . She went upstairs without saying goodnight . Ellen shook her head dubiously and looked at the black cat . `` What is she so cross about , St. George ? '' she asked . `` When you howl you 're hit , I 've always heard , George . But she promised , Saint -- she promised , and we Wests always keep our word . So it wo n't matter if he does want to philander , George . She promised . I wo n't worry . '' Upstairs , in her room , Rosemary sat for a long while looking out of the window across the moonlit garden to the distant , shining harbour . She felt vaguely upset and unsettled . She was suddenly tired of outworn dreams . And in the garden the petals of the last red rose were scattered by a sudden little wind . Summer was over -- it was autumn . CHAPTER XIV . MRS. ALEC DAVIS MAKES A CALL John Meredith walked slowly home .
At first he thought a little about Rosemary , but XXXXX the time he reached Rainbow Valley he had forgotten all about her and was meditating on a point regarding German theology which Ellen had raised .
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