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`` You may go to your own room , '' said Hesper . For the first time , a feeling of dislike to Mary awoke in the bosom of her mistress -- very naturally , _ all _ my readers will allow . The next few days she scarcely spoke to her , sending directions for her work through Sepia , who discharged the office with dignity . At length one morning , when she believed Mrs. Redmain would not rise before noon , Mary felt she must go and see Letty . She did not find her in the quarters where she had left her , but a story higher , in a mean room , sitting with her hands in her lap . She did not lift her eyes when Mary entered : where hope is dead , curiosity dies . Not until she had come quite near did she raise her head , and then she seemed to know nothing of her .