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At any rate , make the experiment to-night ; it can do no harm ; and come here to dinner to-morrow to tell us the result . '' `` I will come to you with the greatest pleasure , and bring you all the intelligence I can get . My own opinion is , that the note was lost before it reached my mother 's hands . The usual hour , I suppose , Sir Gilbert , -- six o'clock ? '' `` Six o'clock , Charles , -- and , as usual , punctual to a moment . '' When Mowbray reached his home , it was , in truth , rather more than time to dress ; but he kept the young ladies waiting as short a time as possible . Fanny presented him in proper style to Miss Cartwright as soon as he appeared in the drawing-room ; and he had the honour of giving that silent young lady his arm to the dining-room .