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He and Kitty both had good voices , and they sang some duets together . During the night which followed Bertha slept but little . Again and again she took up Florence 's telegram and looked at it . She would be at Hamslade , the nearest station to Aylmer 's Court , between nine and ten o'clock . Bertha resolved , come what would , to meet her at the station . `` Whatever happens , she must not come here , '' thought Bertha ; `` but how am I to get to the station , so early too , just when Mrs. Aylmer wants me for a hundred things ? Stay , though : I have an idea . ''