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He 'd much better be dead . '' The groom who drove Miss Sue Northwick down to the station at noon that day , came back without her an hour later . He brought word to her sister that she had not found the friend she expected to meet at the station , but had got a telegram from her there , and had gone into town to lunch with her . The man was to return and fetch her from the six o'clock train . She briefly explained at dinner that her friend had been up at four balls during the week , and wished to beg off from the visit she had promised until after the fifth , which was to be that night . `` I do n't see how she lives through it , '' said Adeline . `` And at her age , it seems very odd to be just as fond of dancing as if she were a bud . ''