`` I found I could catch an earlier train , so I took it , '' said Katherine , as she dropped listlessly into a chair . `` I am tired to death and I have such a headache . I ca n't see anyone tonight , not even Ned . '' `` You poor dear , '' said Edith sympathetically , beginning a search for the cologne . `` Lie down on the bed and I 'll bathe your poor head . Did you have a good time at Harbour Hill ? And how did you leave Sid ? Did he say anything about coming up ? '' `` Oh , he was quite well , '' said Katherine wearily . `` I did n't hear him say if he intended to come up or not . There , thanks -- that will do nicely . '' After Edith had gone down , Katherine tossed about restlessly . She knew Ned had come and she did not want to see him . But , after all , it was only putting off the evil day , and it was treating him rather shabbily . She would go down for a minute . There were two doors to the parlour , and Katherine went by way of the library one , over which a portiere was hanging . Her hand was lifted to draw it back when she heard something that arrested the movement . A woman was crying in the room beyond . It was Edith -- and what was she saying ? `` Oh , Ned , it is all perfectly dreadful !
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