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`` Yes ; I 'll see her , '' she said , as they finished the discussion . `` As he chooses to send her , I suppose I had better see her . But I do n't think he does much to mend matters when he sends the woman whom he knows I dislike more than any other in all London . '' Exactly at twelve o'clock Lady Milborough 's carriage was at the door . Trevelyan was in the house at the time and heard the knock at the door . During those two or three days of absolute wretchedness , he spent most of his hours under the same roof with his wife and sister-in-law , though he spoke to neither of them . He had had his doubts as to the reception of Lady Milborough , and was , to tell the truth , listening with most anxious ear , when her ladyship was announced .