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The movement and the sound startled Janet from her reverie. It seemed as if an opportunity were escaping her, and she said hastily, 'Is Mr. Tryan in the town today, do you think? 'No, I should think not, being Saturday, you know, said Mrs. Pettifer, her face lighting up with pleasure; 'but he would come, if he was sent for. I can send Jesson's boy with a note to him any time.
He stood facing her for a moment without movement. Then he turned and walked slowly out of the house. The completion of Douglas Jesson's novel was the principal event of the following week. There had come no word from Emily de Reuss, nor had Douglas himself sought her.
Some one else, no doubt, to protest against the exclusion of Jesson's story. Rice was standing upon the threshold, and behind him a younger man, tall, with clustering hair and brilliant eyes, cheeks on which the tan still lingered, ill-clad but personable. "I've brought Mr. Jesson in to see you, sir," Rice said, breezily.
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