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`` Now , I 've done all that I can ; the rest is in your hands , '' she said . `` I 'll coöperate , but you are the general . '' `` Until Elaine comes -- she will manage it then , '' Macloud answered . And on Friday morning , a little before noon , Miss Cavendish arrived . Miss Carrington , alone , met her at the station . `` You 're just the same Davila I 'd forgotten for years , '' said she , laughingly , as they walked across the platform to the waiting carriage . `` And you 're the same I had forgotten , '' Davila replied .