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It may have served them right -LRB- as he said -RRB- , but the fact of going on the wrong night being a lesson to them seemed a little obscure . Edith found it difficult to see the point . Then he had a more brilliant idea ; to go into the office as cheerily as ever , and say to Mitchell pleasantly , ` We 're looking forward to next Saturday , old chap , ' pretending to have believed from the first that the invitation had been for the Saturday week ; and that the dinner was still to come ... . This , Edith said , would have been excellent , provided that the parlourmaid had n't told them that she and Bruce had arrived about a quarter to ten on Sunday evening and asked if the Mitchells had begun dinner . The chances against the servant having kept this curious incident to herself were almost too great . After long argument and great indecision the matter was settled by a cordial letter from Mrs Mitchell , asking them to dinner on the following Thursday , and saying she feared there had been some mistake . So that was all right .