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said Mr. Fry , in dudgeon . `` I never was here before , and I sha n't ever come again -- that is all -- '' and off he went . Mrs. Davies showed her dismay at this threat by dusting on without once taking her eye or her mind off her job . It was eight o'clock . Mr. Eden woke and found it almost dark . He rose immediately . `` Why , I have slept the day away , '' thought he in dismay , `` and my memorial to the Home Office ; it is past post time , and I have not sent it . ''