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[colored_gowns]

Mrs. Strange may be found in her room, sitting and reading. Every so often, her eyes raise from the page and dart towards the door, which is slightly ajar. More unsettled than she would readily admit from her encounter with a certain book, at last she stands and moves to shut the door.

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[jarndyceheir]

And she might, as she does, see Richard coming down the hall. Or him him, as he smiles and begins to say "Good evening, Mrs... Strange. Are you quite alright?"

[colored_gowns]

"Oh, yes," she replies quickly. "And good evening to you, Mr Carstone. Would you like to come in?"

[jarndyceheir]

"I don't wish to disturb you, if you were retiring for the night?"

[colored_gowns]

"O, not at all!"

[sixpearls]

Mary is just coming by--finding the way to her own room with a little difficulty. Her last encounter with Kavi Chernevog has left her almost unable to stand, but she is very firm in the thought that she must go home and stay there, and she's braced against the wall, moving with very small steps towards the stairs that go up to her room on the third floor.

[colored_gowns]

"Why--" Arabella pauses with the door half shut, then opens it and comes into the hall. "Are you quite alright?"

[sixpearls]

"Oh!" Mary looks around at her, pale. "Oh, I do beg your pardon," which speech leaves her entirely out of breath.

[colored_gowns]

Arabella takes her by the arm and starts leading her into the room. "Come, sit."