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Air-raids , also , had acted beneficially on a spirit congenitally cautious , and hardened a character already dogged . To be in danger of being entirely dispersed inclined one to be less apprehensive of the more partial dispersions involved in levies and taxation , while the habit of condemning the impudence of the Germans had led naturally to condemning that of Labor , if not openly at least in the sanctuary of his soul . He walked . There was , moreover , time to spare , for Fleur was to meet him at the Gallery at four o'clock , and it was as yet but half past two . It was good for him to walk -- his liver was a little constricted and his nerves rather on edge . His wife was always out when she was in Town , and his daughter WOULD flibberty-gibbet all over the place like most young women since the War . Still , he must be thankful that she had been too young to do anything in that War itself .