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Chapter 4

           That’soutofthequestionI’msureyourmistresswouldbefuriousifshehadknownyouhaddoneathinglikethat."

           "I?"Sheseemedthunderstruck."Why,ImerelysawyourmaidhaddifficultywiththeheaterItoldheraboutitandstartedthewater."

           "Butwithasickpersonyoumustemptythebathwaterentirelyout,andcleanthetub."

           "I?"

           Chokinglythewomandrewalongbreath,utteredaconvulsedsobandrushedfromtheroom.

           "Shemustn’tgetuponwesterncivilizationatourexpense,"hesaidgrimly.

           Atdinnerthatnighthedecidedthatitmustinevitablybeatruncatedvisit:abouthisowncountryHosainseemedtohaveobservedonlythatthereweremanymountainsandsomegoatsandherdersofgoats.HewasareservedyoungmantodrawhimoutwouldhaverequiredthesincereeffortthatDicknowreservedforhisfamily.SoonafterdinnerHosainleftMaryandtheDiverstothemselves,buttheoldunitywassplitbetweenthemlaytherestlesssocialfieldsthatMarywasabouttoconquer.Dickwasrelievedwhen,atnine-thirty,Maryreceivedandreadanoteandgotup.

           "You’llhavetoexcuseme.MyhusbandisleavingonashorttripandImustbewithhim."

           Nextmorning,hardontheheelsoftheservantbringingcoffee,Maryenteredtheirroom.Shewasdressedandtheywerenotdressed,andshehadtheairofhavingbeenupforsometime.Herfacewastoughenedwithquietjerkyfury.

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