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The dominant thought in all the complex machinery of Rosalie 's mind was : `` And you 'll be sorrier before this night 's over , boy . '' But her voice said : `` I knew you 'd see it that way . Now listen and git this carefully : You 're to wear a big ulster and old hat and soft-soled shoes -- do n't forget that . You 're to come to the back door at a quarter to nine -- exactly . Us servants receive our callers at the back door . Norcross will be in the parlor at half past , Annette will be in her room , the other help will be out , Ellen and all . Mrs. Markham takes no chances -- not even with that fool girl -- when she 's got Norcross .