I will explain there . '' He followed her into the little enclosure where the red and white roses were now in full blow . `` Father is n't angry with you , '' said Lynde in a low shamed voice . `` It 's just -- he takes strange moods sometimes . Then he seems to hate us all -- even me -- and he is like that for days . He seems to suspect and dread everybody as if they were plotting against him . You -- perhaps you think he has been drinking ? No , that is not the trouble . These terrible moods come on without any cause that we know of . Even Mother could not do anything with him when he was like that . You must go away now -- and do not come back until his dark mood has passed . He will be just as glad to see you as ever then , and this will not make any difference with him . Do n't come back for a week at least . '' `` I do not like to leave you in such trouble , Miss Oliver . '' `` Oh , it does n't matter about me -- I have Emily . And there is nothing you could do . Please go at once . Father knows I am talking to you and that will vex him still more . '' Alan , realizing that he could not help her and that his presence only made matters worse , went away perplexedly . The following week was a miserable one for him .
His duties were distasteful XXXXX him and meeting his people a positive torture .
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